Re: /usr/share policy
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 11:26:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <muhammadyusuf@btinternet.com> wrote:
> >I have a package, gstar, which places various lists of stars in
> >/usr/share/starchart since gstar is a gtk front-end to the starchart
> >programme.
> >
> >My question is: is there any policy or guidelines about naming stuff in
> >in /usr/share?
>
> /usr/share/<package> is usual, and mentioned (if not mandated?) in
> policy, but (personally) I would say that anything that's not too
> confusing and that's in a namespace you clearly own is OK. The name of a
> binary you install sounds like it qualifies.
Agreed. (And I don't think /usr/share/<package> is mandated.)
Julian
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