Hi, >>"Marcelo" == Marcelo E Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Marcelo> What I mean here is that moving things from one directory Marcelo> (/usr/lib, /usr/X11R6/lib, /usr/whatever) to another Marcelo> (/usr/share) calls for lots of symlinks for backwards Marcelo> compatibility, in order to avoid breaking installed Marcelo> packages. Only if other packages are supposed to access the data directly (Perl, et al). If the info.txt files from angband went from /usr/lib to /usr/share, noone shall be the wiser. Also, note that we acoomplished the emacsen switch (elisp files moved from /usr/lib to /usr/share) without general mayhem Marcelo> You have a point, this is not as bad as the glib2 thing. Marcelo> Ok, I overstated the situation. It's not Marcelo> incompatibility. It's more like chaos. Oh, I think it is not as bad as all that. It is easy enough to decide on a package by package basis what should go into /usr/share, and what into /usr/lib. It shan't be hard at all if we all play the tune ... Marcelo> That part ("distributor's discretion") doesn't play well Marcelo> with the LSB thing, tough. Am I making a point? I don't Marcelo> think so... afterall, this is not what I was asking in the Marcelo> first place... or was it? ;-) ;-) manoj -- I think that all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not. But I'm sick and tired of being told that I am. Monty Python Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]