On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:38:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > * this makes an exemption for imake-using packages explicit, and explains > why in a footnote I'd like to amend my proposal in one small respect: + The <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory + hierarchy should be regarded as deprecated for all packages + except the X Window System itself, and those which use the + <tt>imake</tt> program it provides, in which case the packages + may transition out of the <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory at the + maintainer's discretion. The new part is the part after the last comma. Seconders, please be aware of this change. I'll note for the record that this proposal documents current practice. I have gathered from IRC that some maintainers are upset that this policy is being "softened" after they have already transitioned. This does not tell them to move back to /usr/X11R6. It simply recognizes the fact that many imake-using packages have not made the transition yet, and: * if they use imake correctly (no hard-coded paths in the source code), they don't need to; they get their transition for free whenever X makes it * the package maintainer is free to install files to a more FHS compliant path in the package build process, e.g., with dh_movefiles * there are a great many unfiled bugs that would be of serious severity if the existing policy goes unamended Package maintainers who have already made the transition out of /usr/X11R6 have my personal thanks for doing so. -- G. Branden Robinson | It's not a matter of alienating authors. Debian GNU/Linux | They have every right to license their branden@debian.org | software however we like. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Craig Sanders, in debian-devel
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