Re: Should I split the Atari800 package?
On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 10:17:14AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > > I would use /usr/local, and did with xtrs, a package with a very similar
> > > function to yours.
> > >
> >
> > This is the logical place for control by the sysadmin. The problem is that
> > I don't control the communication between admin and user. The user looks
> > at my docs to run the program, and the admin can put the roms anywhere, or
> > nowhere.
>
> Well, possibly I misunderstand, but the cleanest approach is:
>
> Have a place in /usr/local for ROMs to go. Possibly symlink it into
> the /usr/share directory if that seems natural 'upstream'. Possibly
> modify the binary or some default config file to look in that place.
And then the sysadmin puts them in /home/atari800, or worse yet, doesn't
provide the roms anywhere...
Now both the user and the sysadmin must interact. The usual result is the
user downloads the roms for themselves, and keep the copy in home.
>
> Possibly place some user documentation telling them what's going on.
Any such documentation would rely on the sysadmin doing what I describe.
This appears to be the best that can be done. I was looking for something
more under package control...
Luck,
Dwarf
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