Bug#741304: add FHS exception for arch-indep in /usr/lib
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 07:00:39PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Am 25.03.2014 18:56, schrieb Michael Biebl:
> > Am 20.03.2014 23:58, schrieb Bill Allombert:
> >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:39:17AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 06:39:20PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> >>>> So, I propse adding to the list of exceptions in policy section 9.1.1:
> >>>>
> >>>> The FHS requirement that architecture-independent application-specific
> >>>> static files be located in /usr/share is relaxed to a suggestion.
> >>>>
> >>>> In particular, a subdirectory of /usr/lib may be used by a package
> >>>> (or a collection of packages) to hold a mixture of architecture-independent
> >>>> and architecture-dependent files. However, when a directory is
> >>>> entirely composed of architecture-independent files, it should be
> >>>> located in /usr/share.
> >>>
> >>> Seconded.
> >>
> >> So I have created a branch 'bug741304-bill' with this change.
> >> Please check the diff (in attachment).
>
>
> I'm not a native speaker, but
>
> + The FHS requirement that architecture-independent
> + application-specific static files be located in
>
> I'd probably change that to
> "application-specific static files must be located"
> to emphasize that a must directive was relaxed to should.
Neither I am, but none of the other exceptions use that language, so
I kept the proposed wording.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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