Bug#91260: PROPOSED] reclarifying the policy about X and the FHS
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:38:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> --- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001
> +++ policy.sgml.x-and-fhs Sun Mar 25 03:34:00 2001
> - This means that files must not be installed into
> - <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>, <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/</tt>, or
> - <tt>/usr/X11R6/man/</tt> unless this is necessary for the package
> - to operate properly.
> + <em>Packages using the X Window System should not be configured
> + to install files under the <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory unless
> + they use <tt>imake</tt>.</em>
I don't see much point in softening this rule. Sure, it lessens the load on
maintainers right now (it makes sure that nobody will pull their package
from the release because it hasn't migrated), but it's not quite fair to
those of us who were forced (by a "must" rule) to migrate files in our
packages. And especially if we did it already in packages using imake.
<sigh>
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