* Branden Robinson said: > On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 05:59:33PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 5:40:28 PM, Raul wrote: > > > As it happens, I already pointed you at the answer to that question, > > > you were just too lazy to take the hint. So [me being a fool], here's > > > a quote (the rationale) from http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.0/fhs-3.8.html: > > > > No, I knew what the rationale was and I don't agree with it one bit. In > > short, their rationale is wrong and we're repeating the mistake. > > Well, I'm glad we have you around to give us the unambiguous, > unquestionable Word of God on the subject. Steve has become annoyingly authoritative not only on this subject, but on several other ones. It seems that a group of professionals who created FHS and other standards was not very smart, while Steve is. Well, anyway I think we'd better follow the fools, than Steve (although HE knows better). As said before, /opt is a part of VERY reputable standards, a well established one and undisputably useful one. I've seen several commercial packages which rely upon the existence of /opt - therefore I see no reason NOT to provide the directory. But Steve knows better. I guess it's just the way he tries to get noticed by people. Oh well... marek
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