Re: Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-22 Thread Ronald van Loon
|"> > a) /usr/X11R6 is for the X11 system only. |"> > b) /usr/X11R6 is for the X11 system and all libraries and applications |" |"It's my personal feeling that all X applications, libraries, headers, |"and everything else (with the possible exception of the few X config files |"that reside in

Re: Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-21 Thread Will Lowe
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Maarten Boekhold wrote: > > a) /usr/X11R6 is for the X11 system only. > > b) /usr/X11R6 is for the X11 system and all libraries and applications It's my personal feeling that all X applications, libraries, headers, and everything else (with the possible exception of the

Re: Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-21 Thread Gregory S. Stark
Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Personally, I don't care where they go. But there needs to be a clear > policy on this. Either: > > a) /usr/X11R6 is for the X11 system only. > > b) /usr/X11R6 is for the X11 system and all libraries and applications > which depend on X. A

Re: Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-20 Thread Maarten Boekhold
On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Jim Pick wrote: > When I packaged the gnome apps, I originally installed them into > /usr/X11R6 because they were X applications. > > David Engel disagreed with this, and said /usr/X11R6 was only for the > X system itself, not applications. Since I couldn't find anything in >

Re: Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-20 Thread Steve Dunham
Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I packaged the gnome apps, I originally installed them into > /usr/X11R6 because they were X applications. > David Engel disagreed with this, and said /usr/X11R6 was only for the > X system itself, not applications. Since I couldn't find anything in >

Re: Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-20 Thread Shaleh
As we have had this discussion on the side a few times, I would like to personally vote for b. If it runs in X, then I am all for it going in /usr/X11R6/bin (makes them easier to find). I am unsure on the /usr/X11R6/lib though. This has long been a no-man's land. Jim Pick wrote: > > Hi, > > W

Policy for apps in /usr/X11R6

1998-07-20 Thread Jim Pick
Hi, When I packaged the gnome apps, I originally installed them into /usr/X11R6 because they were X applications. David Engel disagreed with this, and said /usr/X11R6 was only for the X system itself, not applications. Since I couldn't find anything in the Debian Policy manual, FSSTND or FHS t