On Tue, 22 May 2001 09:42:35 +1000 Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote: > On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 03:46:07PM +0300, Panu H?llfors wrote: > > non-free/??? just doesn't sound good since I wouldn't like to mix our > > commercial packages with those really supported by Debian. For now > > I'll use "commercial". Any suggestions? > > "commercial" sounds fine. There was a long thread about the section named `science' a while back. Exercise caution... > IMO you're better off just following the debian standard of > where to put the files - /usr/bin, /usr/share/packagename, > /usr/share/doc/packagename, etc. that way your package will feel > as much a part of the system as any other package. The purpose of /opt is provided by dpkg anyway, since the purpose of /opt is to store `optional' software that can be deleted at the sysadmin's whim without breaking anything (except perhaps other software in /opt). Obviously, dpkg provides the same thing. Forgive me if this was dead wrong, as the heat's beginning to get to me... Regards, Alex.
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