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Re: GNOME universe



Montreal Sun Mar 14 18:38:01 1999

Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu> wrote:
> Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca> writes:
> 
>    [...] I'm just not happy about things like /usr/bin/panel or
>    /etc/mime-magic.  There's got to be a better way.
> 
> What's wrong with /usr/bin/panel and /etc/mime-magic?  If GNOME files

I feel they are poorly named (too general) and so encroach on
namespace.

> really need to be separated, why not /etc/gnome and
> /usr{/X11R6,}/bin/gnome?  There's little need for an extra /usr/
> hierarchy AFAICT.

This does sound good (better) too.  I guess I just thought of
/usr/gnome/ first because I'm used to a $KDEDIR (KDE applications look
for it when you compile them).

-N.


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