> On Monday 16 February 2009, Alex Joni wrote: >> 2. change the install location for the sample configs from >> /etc/emc2/sample-configs to /usr/share/doc/emc2/sample-configs (it's >> quite >> common to use /usr/share/doc/package/examples/ as a location for sample >> configs). advantages: > > Read the LFSH - /usr/share/doc is for miscellaneous documentation - Sample > configuration files are not "documentation". If you use standard packaging > tools and conventions, the sample configuration files would be installed > in /usr/share/<package name>/
"/usr/share/doc Location of package specific documentation files. These directories often contain useful information that might not be in the man pages. They may also contain templates and configuration files for certain utilities making configuration that much easier." from http://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html maybe you were inspecting a different version of this document? >> * when updating to a new emc2 package, the sample configs in >> /usr/share/doc/emc2/sample-configs will get replaced (even if they have >> been changed by the user). > > But then the "default" configuration files are copied to the user's home > directory anyway, so replacing samples is a non-issue. Yes, for general users it's a non-issue. >> I think the sane approach is to do #2, so I went ahead and made the >> changes >> for that on TRUNK so more people can look at it and comment. > > How long ago was this pointed out ??? I just discovered it this weekend. It's still up for debate, the codechange can be reverted anytime. >> I submitted a new bugreport against Ubuntu here: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/329554, > > You file a bug report on an old release, don't be suprised if it gets > closed > with no action taken. Like I said, I would be surprised if it _did_ get fixed. And even if, I doubt it will get fixed on all platforms we would like to have emc2 on. Regards, Alex ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
