Re: where do NEW packages go?
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sat, May 18, 2002 at 11:49:45PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 May 2002, Branden Robinson wrote:
>
> > > > Why not just use /libexec, for hurd, and be done with it? Why force the rest
> > > > of Debian to require use of it?
>
> > > As I understand it, that's all they're asking for. But Debian Policy
> > > says "follow the FHS", and {/usr,}/libexec doesn't. And some non-Hurd
> > > Debian developers are sufficiently enamored of the concept of Policy as
> > > universally applicable without exception that it feels like anti-Hurd
> > > discrimination to some people.
>
> > I don't see that adding /libexec on hurd is a violation of policy.
>
> It most definitely would be. All files that the Hurd port wants to put
> in {/usr,}/libexec are required by the FHS to be placed in
> subdirectories under /usr/lib. Because Debian Policy says we must
> follow the FHS, it's pretty clear that this is not currently acceptable.
Hint: policy is wrong, so ignore it here. Then, you'll have no problems.
Policy is not a stick used to beat people with. It's a guideline. Policy has
never said it was 100%.
In this event, policy is behind the times. So, you implement
something(/hurd|/libexec), and when things are working with your
implementation, policy is modified to document and describe the
implementation.
Policy is never modified first.
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