Re: FHS: a new way of looking at it
>>>>> "Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
Ben> Once slink is released as stable, we will have a base
Ben> distribution that will support both FSSTND docs *and* FHS
Ben> docs. Then, our next distribution (2.2? 3.0?) will be moved
Ben> fully to FHS.
Manoj> I like this, but there are two things to consider. Firstly,
Manoj> we want to allow people to be able to skip releases and
Manoj> upgrade from bo-> slink directly, or from Hamm to the
Manoj> succesor of Slink without actually loading slink, so this
Manoj> solotion, though better than the previous solutions, is not
Manoj> perfect ;-(
Perhaps a combination of this idea and the 'fhs' package that provides
temporary relief from FSSTND iching and burning would work?
Manoj> Secondly, if the time period seems too long, we can
Manoj> put the modified document readers in 2.0 r2 -- and start
Manoj> the move to FHS in Slink.
Manoj> The major document readers (man, and info) already
Manoj> support the concept of multiple directories, so all that is
Manoj> needed is a tweak in the configuration files. As such,
Manoj> since the programs are not erally changing, it would be
Manoj> easier to get the modified packages in Hamm-updates and
Manoj> eventually to 2.0 r2.
I think a good place to start is to file wishlist-severity bugs on man
and info to get them configured to also support /usr/share/man/ et al.
Should we do this? Or are the man/info maintainers listening?
Ben
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