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. >
I really don't like to see this discussion become a dos vs unix flame. I haven't said that splitting by type isn't better that splitting by package. I said that these are different goals of different subjects. The os wants things splitted by type because this is optimal for their use, and I agree completely. But SW producer's goal is different, and I don't think that we should oblidge them to follow our scheme. The /opt proposal keeps boths goals. Isolate SW packages in a hierarchy reserved for use to the SW producer, AND installs splitting by type using symlinks and wrapppers. fabrizio -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Pluto Leader - Debian Developer & Happy Debian 1.3.1 User - vi-holic | 6F7267F5 fingerprint 57 16 C4 ED C9 86 40 7B 1A 69 A1 66 EC FB D2 5E
