Shawn Walker wrote:
>> If it's a curses-based application or command line, it belongs in /usr/bin.
>>
>
> Of course I already can hear the argument against it (which I don't agree
> with).
>
> That many "gui applications" accept command-line parameters that are
> useful, etc.
>
> Still, I think it's worth pursuing.
>
PSARC argument #7 is "/usr/bin or /usr/sbin"?
There are fairly good semantic definitions for these.
There are some who would like to change the semantic of /usr/sbin, but
I'll submit that that's a different discussion. (Bart is one of these
people
and in earlier mail lamented that ndd was rejected as a precedent. At that
time, the ARC strongly suggested that if he wanted change the semantic,
that he file a specific case. Hasn't happened, so we still have the
status-quo.)
The interesting case about argument #7 is "sure its a administrative
utility, but its useful to the end user (or some small set of end users).
My view (tm) is that any user who is experienced enough to use these
utilities, also know how to set their PATH. Other views differ.
Anyway, two observations:
1. We should resolve this so that we don't have to have argument #7
time and time again (or at least restrict it to the very gray
cases).
2. The discussion of "which directory is appropriate for games"
is not a choice between existing directories. (All though nethack
sounds a little like it belongs in /sbin.)
- jek3
