Re: /usr/X11R6
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- Subject: Re: /usr/X11R6
- From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
- Date: 20 Sep 1998 00:40:00 +0200
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dlengel@home.com (David Engel) wrote on 30.08.98 in <19980830213855.A5918@home.com>:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 08:44:43PM +0200, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> > agreed. why don't ask the fhs team why they left the link for this single
> > package ?
>
> They probably knew it was a contentious, potentially divisive, issue
> that they couldn't enforce anyway so they decided to punt on it.
> We're in a different position because if we do reach consensus on it,
> we can act on it.
I think I actually remember that debate. In short, it was "we don't want
to piss off the XFree86 folks".
MfG Kai
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