Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Nevertheless I think the generic text is a good idea. After all,
> what good is having programs with the same name in /usr/bin and
> /usr/games.
Agreed. Program name conflicts are a problem, whether between /usr/bin
and /usr/sbin, or between /usr/bin and /usr/games.
>
Hi Sean,
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On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 06:37:19PM +0800, Sean Whitton wrote:
> On Thu 20 Feb 2025 at 11:13am +01, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
>
> > What about existing packages with the same program name?
> >
> > For instance,
> >
> > https://packages.debian.
Hi Sean, hi everyone!
Am 25.02.25 um 13:43 schrieb Chris Hofstaedtler:
Nevertheless I think the generic text is a good idea. After all,
what good is having programs with the same name in /usr/bin and
/usr/games.
For completeness sake I want to mention that we discussed this issue on
#debian-
* Bill Allombert [250225 14:26]:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 01:11:51PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > I would propose the following:
> >
> > 1) for trixie, recognise that this is not an RC bug or anything.
> >
> > 2) for forky, try to merge /usr/games into /usr/bin.
>
> What is the rationa
On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 01:11:51PM +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Thanks for the raising this, Vincent, and for the analysis,
> > Michael.
>
> > It sounds like we might need an exception for /usr/games.
>
> I want to say that /usr/games was not on my radar when I suggested
> the po
On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 at 13:11:51 +0100, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> I think (again without having checked) FHS previously had a strong
> opinion on /usr/games, but no longer does. In FHS 3.0, having
> /usr/games is optional.
This has been discussed previously (probably several times), including
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Hi,
* Sean Whitton [250225 13:15]:
> Thanks for the raising this, Vincent, and for the analysis,
> Michael.
> It sounds like we might need an exception for /usr/games.
I want to say that /usr/games was not on my radar when I suggested
the policy change. I think (but did
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Hi,
> Thanks for the raising this, Vincent, and for the analysis,
> Michael.
> It sounds like we might need an exception for /usr/games.
I want to say that /usr/games was not on my radar when I suggested
the policy change. I think (but did not check the history now) that
the initial point was le
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On Thu 20 Feb 2025 at 11:13am +01, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> What about existing packages with the same program name?
>
> For instance,
>
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/lam4-dev/filelist has
> /usr/bin/hcc
>
> and
>
> https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/u
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