Il gio, 2002-01-17 alle 16:34, Eray Ozkural (exa) ha scritto: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 17 January 2002 17:22, Daniel Stone wrote: > > /opt is for "add-on" software. kde is not an "add-on". we package it as > > part of the distribution, it's not added on. > > That is a wrong reading of standard text. > > /opt -- Add-on application software packages > > There is a difference between system and application software. C++ library is > system software, while a desktop environment like KDE is application > software. System can continue functioning in the absence of such application > software that is optional, hence the expression "Add-on". oh, yeah. lets put about 90% of debian in /opt. <g> > As stated in section 3.8, distributions can install software in /opt in > accordance with FHS. > > Moreover, this is an established practice as emphasized in FHS standard text. Debian *does*not*need* yet another place to install packages. lets /opt untouched for (free or non-free) external packages. /usr - system vendor, us. /opt - external vendors /usr/local - sysadmin is it that difficult to understand why this layout is optimal? -- Federico Di Gregorio Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog@debian.org INIT.D Developer fog@initd.org God is real. Unless declared integer. -- Anonymous FORTRAN programmer
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