Re: Bug#167422: general: files in /usr/share should be world-readable
On 10 Nov 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> One such thing that can be shared, but which should also be secret, is
> a nethack bones level file. That shouldn't go in /var, because it
> *should* be shared normally by a group of cooperating machines. (The
> whole point of nethack bones files is that they cross over between
> different players.)
While not being a nethack afficionado, I admin for people who are. Aren't
bones levels variable, and hence should not be placed in /usr anyway?
Certainly, I know that bones levels are created on the nethack machine, and
that machine's /usr is mounted RO.
Your assertion that "it shouldn't go in /var because it's meant to be
shared" is bollocks, and I'm pretty sure FHS backs me up. I seem to recall
some sort of 2x2 matrix that had "variable" and "static" along one axis, and
"sharable" and "private" along the other.
(So much for swearing I wouldn't get involved in pissing matches any more)
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Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer
mpalmer@debian.org http://www.debian.org
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