On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 12:14:05AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Branden Robinson wrote: > > When they say "monochrome", they mean .xbm's. Why not just have a > > /usr/share/image directory in which images of any format or size can be > > placed? It sure would make things simpler. > > Just allow subdirectories in it, please. I have about 3 thousand .xpm and > .xbm files on my system .. Well, then, we immediately throw away the advantage that a single directory name gives us. We already have several directories in our system that are unspeakably unwieldy for a human to browse, why should /usr/share/images be any different? Moreover, the more structure we impose on /usr/share/images, such as with a subdirectory for each file format, the harder it is going to be to enforce compliance. My proposal at least has the advantage of being fairly easy to understand. I respectfully disagree, and feel that /usr/share/images should be flat. I don't think a package should be constrained from keeping image files in /usr/share/<package>/ if it needs things arranged more hierarchically for its own purposes. I just think /usr/share/images should be our sole repository for general-purpose image files. -- G. Branden Robinson | Murphy's Guide to Science: Debian GNU/Linux | If it's green or squirms, it's biology. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | If it stinks, it's chemistry. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | If it doesn't work, it's physics.
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