On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 12:18:23AM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:08:55PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote: >>> >>> I propose to relocate all the above into a directory /usr/bin/subversion, >> >>Sorry, no. /usr/bin is a flat structure. It does not contain >>subdirectories. > >What is the reason for this? I feel this specific case would be a >sensible exception to the rule.
Did you read the rest of this thread? Just mimic how other packages on linux do it. There is no need to invent a new way of doing this when there are already standard ways in existence. If you are using symlinks anyway, there is no reason why you need to create a directory in /usr/bin. cgf
