> > "/usr/kde2/qtcups/ with /usr/bin/qtcups ->
> > /usr/kde/qtcups/bin/qtcups" -model. You could the packages nicely inside as
> > many subdirectries as you like; perhaps using lsm cathegories or Debian's
> > menu policy for desktop systems?
>
> I think a much better way to do this is to allow you
> > * Many people feel that KDE (and Gnome) is too large
> >a whole to be stuffed in /usr/bin, /usr/share etc
> >and would deserve a separate directory like X
>
> Is there some sort of maximum size for /usr/bin I don't know of?
I guess the limit is just practical, not really dictated by f
> That is not correct. The distribution (Debian for now) only contains one
> version of The Software.
True, but could there be someday? For example, let's suppose that I have a
program I like very much and use daily. Then, Debian changes from KDE2 to
KDE3 (or any other big similar change), it st
> > * Many people feel that KDE (and Gnome) is too large
> >a whole to be stuffed in /usr/bin, /usr/share etc
> >and would deserve a separate directory like X
>
> Define many. I also don't see what the advantage would be of moving
> it to a seperate directory. Without knowing what the actu
> > Does it make any sense? I.e. have I missed some important aspect of Unix
> > here?
>
> I think you are going backwards in time somewhat.
> That's the past, and the current trend is to move away from such setup,
> and some people thought it is even better to remove /usr entirely.
How so? What h
Hi - again,
I already requested comments for the following filesystem layout on the KDE
list but I guess this list is a bit more appropriate for the subject.
Now that I've thought a bit more about it, I think this possibly could work
with ordinary symlinks, too, and moving to the new layout wou
Hi,
May I try to summarize the filesystem discussion on KDE list and suggest that
it will continue in debian-policy?
* Many people feel that KDE (and Gnome) is too large
a whole to be stuffed in /usr/bin, /usr/share etc
and would deserve a separate directory like X
* Some proposed using
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