Russ Allbery wrote: > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -6169,11 +6169,11 @@ install -m644 debian/shlibs.<var>package</var> > debian/<var>package</var>/DEBIAN/ > <heading>File System Structure</heading> > > <p> > - The location of all installed files and directories must > - comply with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS),
This is a clear and unfortunately too narrow restriction on the package. I agree with you that if we could easily make it match the intent that we all know in broad strokes, that would be worth doing without much fuss. [...] > + The location of all files and directories must comply with the > + Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) Unfortunately, I don't think that matches the old intent. This sounds like a restriction on the admin. I'm particularly worried that people could use this as justification for packages assuming that all files and directories comply with the FHS, instead of coping with the real world --- for example, we have traditionally treated files placed by admins as worth keeping, even when put in areas outside /usr/local, /var/local, /home, and /opt, like /usr/share/doc/<package> alongside the shipped docs. So for what it's worth, without debugging I don't think this is a non-normative change. Hope that helps, and sorry for the lack of clarity before. Sincerely, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120227092707.GE10740@burratino
