Hi all, 2012/1/4 Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org>: > On Sun, 01 Jan 2012 at 20:20:42 +0000, Tanguy Ortolo wrote: >> Enrico Weigelt, 2011-12-31 03:55+0100: >> > IMHO this is completely wrong, those files should be under >> > /usr/lib/... or maybe even /usr/share/... as they're not >> > dynamic data. >> >> Well, when people install new plugins or new themes, they get installed >> on the same directory, so I decided that it was less surprising to have >> packaged files that people will not touch under /var than to have user >> files under /usr. > > Roundcube seems to be in a similar situation. In Debian, it installs to > /etc and /usr (as appropriate for each file) but sets its "home path" to > /var/something, then populates /var/something with a symlink farm. That > might be a useful solution here?
The same was also done for mediawiki at least when I was maintaining it. I also wish the wordpress packagers would do the same in order to be able to install plugins and themes simply. I once proposed to push for a general policy regarding this symlink trick for webapps and even to write a debhelper but it did not seem to appeal to anyone. I am still convinced, though, that it should be standard practice. Romain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CABWZ6OQoF+gQioi_jtkp7nJYM0-6bQNF+9_3DeJE5=un7qp...@mail.gmail.com
