At 05:40 PM 1/31/2009 +0900, David Cournapeau wrote:
Ian Bicking wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Floris Bruynooghe
> I wouldn't want to use those. What goes in libdir, what goes in
> datadir? I don't know, and frankly the distinctions start getting
> really arbitrary.
They are not arbitrary - they come from standard usage and have a
rationale, at least on Unix (datadir for arch independent, and libdir
for arch dependent, to simplify).
But you mostly do not need to care, as a developer: .py files would be
considered as data files, extensions as arch-dependent, etc...
If this is true, then there's no need to distinguish between .py
files and any other data files - they both belong in /share to begin
with, not in /lib. Or else they ALL belong in /lib. The entire "FHS
demands they be split" concept is wrong from the get-go, under that
interpretation.
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