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Re: GNOME universe



On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, Stephen Crowley wrote:
> > little universe, why not create a /usr/gnome/ (or /usr/GNOME/)
> > hierarchy?  This seems to be so much more cleaner and we won't have
> > annoyances like /etc/paper.config or /usr/bin/panel.  I guess if
> > really needed, symlinks to the binaries could be created in
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/.
> 
> You should be kicked in the head for even suggesting such a thing. That is
> totally out out of the question.

Yes, /opt/gnome is the obvious solution.  Why are we so resistant to the use
of /opt?  KDE plays nice and puts their stuff in /opt for us... I wish every
third party software would follow suit.

Jonathan


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