Bug#91260: PROPOSED] reclarifying the policy about X and the FHS
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:29:14PM -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.
>
> It's not intended to tell you to switch BACK to /usr/X11R6. I'll see if I
> can clarify it better.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that. Like you illustrated on IRC: I think that
if I (and others) had to migrate, then so must the package maintainers who
have slipped through the cracks.
It looks like you want to ease this requirement because a substantial number
of package(r)s still haven't done anything about it. I think that the fact
some people don't pay attention to the Policy mainly indicates their
laziness, not their opposition to the Policy. If it's really a Good Thing(TM)
to have a strict requirement, then so be it, we'll make the practice match
the theory eventually.
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