Re: Library with "demos", where should demos go?
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 09:51:29PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 02:17:15AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 05:06:14PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > The source is fine there, but binaries must not go in /usr/share. If
> > > the demos are useful in binary form, they should go in /usr/bin. If
> > > they are only useful as programming examples, they should ship in source
> > > form only.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be more problematic than necassary in case the library changes
> > so-name? You'd have to make the different version conflict then, as they
> > contain the same files in /usr/bin.
>
> Only if they ship in the shared library package (which they shouldn't).
Regardless, wouldn't /usr/lib/<package> also be a good place? (also
avoids cluttering up the namespace..)
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Duncan Findlay
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