Re: wrong installation places for docs

[Richard Stallman]

    I'm strictly following the GNU coding standards in standards.info;
    $infodir defaults to $prefix/info (but can be controlled with the
    --infodir option of the configure script).

Yes, that is the GNU standard.
Emacs does the same thing.

    It might be worth to reconsider whether $datadir/info is the better
    solution.  At least it would cause more symmetry between the /usr and
    /usr/local tree; this might be a benefit for the user following the
    principle of least suprise.

You might be right--however, deciding whether to change something like
this is a very difficult matter.

I will ask GNU maintainers to give arguments pro and con.