[ Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list. ] I'm moving this to debian-devel instead of the bug system, as it's a general policy issue. Hakan Ardo: > > For X, why not use the directories that X already has set up for images: > > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/{bitmaps,pixmaps} > > If all X11 packages where to place there images in the same directory, > there will be a grate risk of filename collitions. Subdirectories under /usr/X11R6/include/X11/{bitmaps,pixmaps} are OK. .../bitmaps is for XBM format ("black and white icons"). .../pixmaps is for XPM format ("color icons"). There is no common location for other formats, but I suggest /usr/lib/images/<format>/<package> where <format> is the name of the image format (gif, jpeg, pnm, tiff, pbm, pgm, pnm, ppm, et cetera; we need to agree on the name for each format), and <package> is the name of the package (binary or source package; doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't clash with other packages). OTOH, this is only useful for images that can be shared. For private images, /usr/lib/<package> can be used. -- Please read <http://www.iki.fi/liw/mail-to-lasu.html> before mailing me. Please don't Cc: me when replying to my message on a mailing list.
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