Hello, debian mentors. I am currently trying to package the software i write into a valid debian package. Until now this has been working very well, but i am a little stuck here and would appreciate if someone could help me out.
The problem: My software loads python-modules from a server. Basically they can be thought of as plugins that add functionality to my software. As they are being downloaded at runtime and must be stored to the filesystem at that time, the user that runs the software must have the permission to write on that folder. At first i thought of using /var/lib/mysoftware/ because /var/lib has been describes as the working folder for software itself, but i can only assign 755 to folders in /var/lib, so my users cant write to it. /tmp is too volatile for what i intend to do. Now i am thinking of /var/tmp, because every plugin that i load is theoretically reloadable at any time, so it doesnt matter if the data is being erased. What i expect: Could anyone please confirm or deny my decision to continue using /var/tmp for the purpose of storing the loaded plugins? Or is there a even more debianoid way to solve this problem, that i did not think of until now? Regards, grindhold.
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