> The FSSTND says that /usr/X11R6 is for "X and related files". Our current
> interpretation to this is that all X related stuff (applications,
> includes, libraries, etc.) go under /usr/X11R6.
and i don't interpret it this way. in my interpretion, /usr/X11R6 exist
for historic reasons. so if a pa
I hate to jump in on this thread, but I strongly believe that "official"
Debian packages should not install stuff into /opt or /usr/local.
It's just a matter of "turf" as far as I'm concerned. Anybody using a
Debian system knows that the FSSTND directories are the "turf" of
dpkg and the Debian
Hi,
>>"Fabrizio" == Fabrizio Polacco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Fabrizio> The os wants things splitted by type because this is optimal
Fabrizio> for their use, and I agree completely. But SW producer's
Fabrizio> goal is different, and I don't think that we should oblidge
Fabrizio> them to follow
Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
>
> look at dos and windows, if you want. spliting files by type is
> superior to spliting files by package. this is unix philosophy,
> and i don't see why we should change it now. we dont need to split
> files by package, our package manager is able to handle this.
>
On Sat 20 Sep 1997, Manong Dibos wrote:
>
> On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > >Sorry to bother debian-private with a discussion that belongs to
> > >debian-devel or debian-policy (I've set the Reply-To:), but I repeat
> > >myself saying that you should put all under /opt/kde and no
Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Fabrizio Polacco wrote:
>
> >One of the things that I've heard as a distinction between RedHat and
> >debian is that we don't _permit_ others to package their software by
> >themself, as opposed to red hat that accepts contributions from
> >everyo
Hi,
As far as it goes, I think we permit *anyone* to make .deb
packages. We just do not distribute these packages. There is never an
issue that any non-Debian party made .deb packages (I think we sould
invite people to do so).
manoj
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On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Fabrizio Polacco wrote:
>One of the things that I've heard as a distinction between RedHat and
>debian is that we don't _permit_ others to package their software by
>themself, as opposed to red hat that accepts contributions from
>everyone.
We do permit other to package their
[moved to debian-policy, leaving debian-private]
Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> No way. The way Andreas did it was just fine. /opt is for third party
> software and Debian is the Operating System vendor in that scheme of
> things.
>
I can summarize her the conclusion of a 1000 words message that
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