Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> >>"Chris" == Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Chris> There is more involved with FHS than I think many people
> Chris> realize. We have a fair amount of work to do just with the
> Chris> stuff that is obvious *and* non-contentious, like
> Chris> /usr/share/man and /usr/share/info. I
> That is already policy.
Yes, I understand. That doesn't make it any less work.
> Chris> haven't heard *anyone* discuss the move from /var/lib/games to
> Chris> /var/games either, which is going to require a bit of work.
> What is wrong with individual packages moving to /var/games as
> part of FHS compliance? What are the problems you envisage?
It's not just a matter of moving the files in the package. This is
like the /var/state transition (which we're not doing) -- these are
variable data files (e.g. hi-score files). They have to be moved
manually, and programs have to be compiled to use the new location.
Moving to /usr/share/man or /usr/share/doc isn't going to involve
patching any code in the packages that move. Moving /var/lib/games to
/var/games is going to involve patching the code and writing or
modifying postinst/postrm files for *every* package involved.
(If you have an easier solution, I am ALL EARS, because, as you may
have guessed, this does affect packages of mine.)
> Chris> Potato is *not* going to be FHS compliant, so why pretend?
> I think you are labouring under a misapprehension here. No one
> is saying that potato shall be FHS compliant.
I could swear that a couple of people *DID* say exactly that -- that
if we fix debhelper and whatever the other tool is, we'll only have a
handful of packages left to fix. Obviously, you and *I* know this is
pretty darned unlikely to happen by Potato's release! :-)
> We would be hard put to make woody compliant, I think, if we start
> now.
I think we have a very good shot at it even if we wait a little.
We've rebuilt nearly every darn package in the system for the last
couple of releases, why should Woody be different? :-)
> Chris> The /usr/doc issue is big, but it's simple and consistent, and
> Chris> will yield to brute force measures *somehow*. Let's make sure
> Chris> we have the more subtle, inobvious, and tricky bits under
> Chris> control before worrying about it.
> Which are?
Well, I'd read the FHS fairly carefully a couple of times before I
even *noticed* the move of /var/lib/games to /var/games, just as an
off-the-top-of-my-head example. Who knows how many other subtle
little things like this are lurking unnoticed?
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