On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Martin Schulze wrote: > Brian White wrote: > > > If you file this as bug agains Apache you need to file it against all > > > other > > > httpd's that support cgi-bin as well. Thus I assume that you need to > > > modify > > > policy first. > > > > I figured I'd start with the big one and then work my way around. However, > > somebody has reassign the bug to debian-policy since it is official Debian > > policy to do it the way it is. I wish somebody had told me that when I > > originally sent mail around asking for opinions about this idea. > > I'm sorry but I didn't see it - and I still don't see its benefits. Now it's > up to the policy group anyway.
Do you see the benefits of having the package system control /usr/bin, and the local admin putting his programs into /usr/local/bin? The benefits are analogous. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
