On Thu, 5 May 2011 00:32:32 +0200 Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 23:49, Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> wrote: > > > What are the serious reasons for it? What advantages are there in > > aligning with Fedora (and going against the FHS)? The cost is -- > > at least -- changing all our packages (DDPO puts that at 265). > > As Hans stated, the system we use is optional in FHS. On Wed, 4 May 2011 23:56:50 +0200 Miriam Ruiz <miriam@debian.org> wrote: > AFAIK, using /usr/games and /usr/share/games is optional, so whatever > we decide we would go for FHS, not against it. Am I wrong in that > assumption? On Wed, 04 May 2011 16:48:04 +0200 Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org> wrote: > AIUI both are following the FHS. It seems to make sense to use both > /usr/games and /usr/share/games, or none of them. OTOH while I do like What the FHS says about /usr is: > Specific Options > > The following directories, or symbolic links to directories, must be > in /usr/ share, if the corresponding subsystem is installed: > > Directory Description > dict Word lists (optional) > doc Miscellaneous documentation (optional) > games Static data files for /usr/games (optional) > info GNU Info system s primary directory (optional) [... more things here ...] I feel "if the corresponding subsystem is installed" would mean "If games are installed". Not sure how else we can read that section? Thats taken from line ~1370-1380 in /usr/share/doc/debian-policy/fhs/fhs-2.3.txt.gz on my debian system. the section on /var/games is at ~ 1855-1865, and includes in part: > Rationale: /var/games has been given a hierarchy of its own, > rather than leaving it merged in with the old /var/lib as in release 1.2. The > separation allows local control of backup strategies, > permissions, and disk usage, as well as allowing inter-host sharing and reducing clutter > in /var/ lib. Additionally, /var/games is the path traditionally used > by BSD. Which i found interesting, as we're talking about moving it back :) thanks, kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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