Re: FSSTND Questions regarding /usr/{,local}/{share,libexec}/ ?

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > The question as to when FHS should be used instead of FSSTND should be
> > answered by Brian White.  I would recommmend that Debian begin
> > transition when it gets released (Friday night or Monday night,
> > probably).  If Brian wishes to, he can delegate the pathname decisions
> > to me -- I'm not going to be too forceful with the new standard.
> 
> We'll have to get out 1.3 first before changing our policy!

Absolutely.


> I'm currently restructuring our Policy Manual and I there will be some
> changes introduced after the release of 1.3 (for example the handling of
> upstream sources will change). So this would be a good time to introduce
> the new FHS.
> 
> However, I think it would help a lot if we have access to the FHS before
> that move so we get some feeling about how many packages are affected.
> (Maybe there will also be other things we have to change in the policy.)

I agree.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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