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Re: Icon and pixmap location



[debian-x readers, please direct followups to debian-policy]

On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 11:01:24AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > Previously Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > Well, maybe.  They are, indeed, written as C include files, but that
> > > does not make them C include files: programs do not tend to say things
> > > like:
> > 
> > I've seen lots and lots of programs that do exactly that and I would be
> > unpleasantly surprised if they suddenly broke.
> > 
> > Wichert.
> 
> Fair enough.  As someone then (almost) suggested, have
> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/{pix,bit}maps both be symlinks to
> /usr/share/icons and keep all icons there.

I'm amendable to this.

> Alternatively, use the second option: allow icons to live in both
> the /usr/X11R6/include/X11/{pix,bit}maps directories and
> /usr/share/icons.
> 
> What does Branden think?

I don't like duplication if we can avoid it.

-- 
G. Branden Robinson              |
Debian GNU/Linux                 |   The noble soul has reverence for itself.
branden@ecn.purdue.edu           |   -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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