On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 03:16:35PM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote: > So, the first question is: Is it worth splitting this into 4 packages: > atari800-common, atari800-svgalib, atari800-curses, and atari800-x11? I wouldn't, and it would probably be a Policy violation to do so. See Policy 12.8.1. > The second point I need help with involves the ROM files that the end user > must download for themselves. I'd like to provide a "standard" location > for these files, most likely /usr/share/atari800, and I'm concerned about > how an upgrade will work under these conditions. The admin has installed > the needed ROM files into the provided directory, and then upgrades the > package. Are the ROM files going to still be there after the upgrade? I don't think files that aren't handled by the package manager should be put in a directory that is managed by the package manager. I would use /usr/local, and did with xtrs, a package with a very similar function to yours. -- G. Branden Robinson | You could wire up a dead rat to a Debian GNU/Linux | DIMM socket and the PC BIOS memory branden@debian.org | test would pass it just fine. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Ethan Benson
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