ext Martin Grimme <martin.gri...@gmail.com> writes: > I don't think /opt/<package> is a bad idea, and I wouldn't call it a > hack. On other Unices, like Solaris, 3rd party software usually goes > to /opt. In fact, by default, /usr is write-protected in virtual > containers (mounted read-only from the host system).
I like to see Maemo as a traditional, all-inclusive distribution. As such, the stuff in Maemo Extras is as 1st party as any other package. (True, some package are more equal than others, such as the OS meta-packages, and some repositories are also more equal than others, such as the System Software Updates repo, but these things are not really "Us vs You".) > The good thing IMHO about /opt is that all stuff resides in one place, > not being scattered all across the filesystem. That's just on the surface. If you have a reasonable package management system, it doesn't make any difference either way. I do agree that the traditional Unix filesystem layout is not very clean, but it is also not broken and I don't want to try to fix anything about it within this excersize of finding more space for applications. > When looking at Solaris, you can find directories like "lib" and "bin" > inside /opt/<package>/. This way it's also possible for programs to > bring in libraries that would otherwise break or mess up the root > system. They can do this without /opt as well, of course. > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, etc. can be setup by the start scripts of the > programs accordingly. I'm all for keeping the root system clean of 3rd > party stuff. Knock yourself out, I am not stopping you. :-) But I also don't want to make this optification any more complex than it needs to be, for the sake of something non-trivial and fuzzy as cleaning up the Unix filesystem layout. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
