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Re: Library with "demos", where should demos go?



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).

-- 
 - mdz



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