Re: [TCLUG:15481] Faeriedist

[^chewie <chewie@wookimus.net>]

> Nate Carlson said:
> > EWWWW! Why not follow the Linux (or is it POSIX?) standard for locations
> > of these type of things? That's one of my number one annoyances: having to
> > search all over for config/log files.... look to Debian for an example of
> > how it SHOULD be done.  :)

On Tue, Apr 04, 2000 at 12:50:06AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> Standard file locations, eh?  Are they using /usr/doc or /usr/share/doc this
> week?  (Where can I find a copy of the FHS standard that they (claim to?) be
> using?  I want to know what this 'share' *&^! is supposed to mean.)

Wow are you acidic today.  If you follow Debian at all, you will know that the
/usr/share/doc is the final destination of package documentation, that
documentation that accompanies the source code for the application plus such
things as package changelogs and maintainers notes.  Soft links in /usr/doc are
provided for backwards compatibility.  It's really very simple and very
estabilished in the potato release of Debian.  Some packages are slower to
adopt this standard than others, but the standard is set.

This brings up a good point.  Debian has an estabilished, published policy for
the distribution.  Do all packages automatically get updated when new policy is
established?  No.  The package maintainers are human.  They may actually have
lives.  

Debian itself has gone through some growing pains recently.  It's popularity
and demand has grown such that the management model for Debian maintainers no
longer held water.  They quit accepting applications for new package
maintainers.  These problems and growing pains seem to have been resolved and
applications are once again being processed, which is good news for many.

As far as the /usr/share and /usr/local/share directories are concerned.  These
are directories for files that are not platform dependent.  Take for example
the /usr/share/gnome directory.  This directory contains many of the icons,
sounds files, and default desktop configurations used in gnome.  In emacs, the
"shared" directory is used for elisp scripts.  There is a generic "sounds"
directory under the /usr/share/ tree.

I believe the resource for FSH and FSSTD have been posted to the list, so I
will not reitterate.  If you don't how to use the internet to find these docs,
then you should take the time to learn.  I certainly don't have the time to
search for you.

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