On Thu, 12 May 2011 17:15:12 +0100
Jon Dowland <[email protected]> wrote:

> I haven't managed to find a statement of intent for this LHS revamp.
> If the intention is for the LHS to be lean, consistent and entirely
> rationalised; then it might make sense to get rid of the games
> directories.  OTOH, if it is designed to encapsulate current common
> practice, then it doesn't make sense to get rid of them.

Then again, they exist in part because the standard says they should
(see fedora/debian games team discussions about this last month).

[trim]

> I would also ask: where do people want to go with the FHS, super-long
> term?  Do we want to get away from /usr? Do we want to start having
> more meaningful names names (Apple-style /Applications, for example?)
> And in that context, is removing contextually meaningful names like
> the games directories a step forwards or backwards?

Should we start a new thread for this? It would be a good thing to
discuss separately of the games stuff.

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