Re: xpm files
>>>>> On 16 Mar 1998 12:48:29 -0800, Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> said:
>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Baker <mbaker@iee.org> writes:
Mark> Recently a lot of bugs have been filed against packages, saying
Mark> that xpm files should be put in /usr/X11R6/include/pixmaps
Mark> (IIRC).
Mark> I think this is a bad idea. If a pixmap is intended for use
Mark> internally by that application and is unlikely to be of use to
Mark> anyone else, it shouldn't clutter up a global pixmaps
Mark> directory. It seems to me that the only pixmaps that should be
Mark> in there are those that are intended to be used by other
Mark> programs or by users (as part of their window manager or
Mark> desktop configuration).
Ben> I agree. And this Michael Bramer has submitted this bug twice on
Ben> the nethack package, and has ignored my requests for more
Ben> information about the bug. It's time to close these bugs, or
Ben> come up with some sort of policy (why, though?) about them.
Twice on xemacs as well. I just closed mine.
Dres
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