On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 10:17:02PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:38:44AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > --- policy.sgml Sun Mar 25 01:34:33 2001 > > +++ policy.sgml.x-and-fhs Sun Mar 25 03:34:00 2001 > > > - This means that files must not be installed into > > - <tt>/usr/X11R6/bin/</tt>, <tt>/usr/X11R6/lib/</tt>, or > > - <tt>/usr/X11R6/man/</tt> unless this is necessary for the package > > - to operate properly. > > > + <em>Packages using the X Window System should not be configured > > + to install files under the <tt>/usr/X11R6/</tt> directory unless > > + they use <tt>imake</tt>.</em> > > I don't see much point in softening this rule. Sure, it lessens the load on > maintainers right now (it makes sure that nobody will pull their package > from the release because it hasn't migrated), but it's not quite fair to > those of us who were forced (by a "must" rule) to migrate files in our > packages. And especially if we did it already in packages using imake.
It's not intended to tell you to switch BACK to /usr/X11R6. I'll see if I can clarify it better. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | The software said it required Windows [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 3.1 or better, so I installed Linux. http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |
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