Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > > This is an error. *Nothing* outside of /etc should be a conffile. See > > policy 11.7.2. > We're talking about conffiles here. Please see Policy 11.7.1: Definitions

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 08:52:01AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > > This is an error. *Nothing* outside of /etc should be a conffile. See > > policy 11.7.2. > We're talking about conffiles here. Please see Policy 11.7.1: Definition

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Quoting Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-07-30 05:59:10 BST): > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/pac

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Goswin> An even better way would be the following: Goswin> 1. keep the original book. Goswin> 2. put newly learned stuff into a different file, a book-diff one Goswin>could say. This could be in ~/.crafty/ or next to the original book Goswin>depending on a debconf question and overridable

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manual

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everyone, > > I'm the maintainer of crafty, a chess engine > (http://packages.debian.org/crafty). > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > 'l

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Quoting Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2002-07-30 05:59:10 BST): > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/pa

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-31 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Goswin> An even better way would be the following: Goswin> 1. keep the original book. Goswin> 2. put newly learned stuff into a different file, a book-diff one Goswin>could say. This could be in ~/.crafty/ or next to the original book Goswin>depending on a debconf question and overridabl

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 12:24 -0500, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manua

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Goswin Brederlow
Eric Van Buggenhaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everyone, > > I'm the maintainer of crafty, a chess engine (http://packages.debian.org/crafty). > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > 'lea

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 09:34 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: The implication might be that the best way is not to ship the dynamic book files at all, and just assume they are in the user's home directory or subdirectory thereof and document where to get them. That's all well and good if you've

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Eric> One drawback I see is that crafty-books-medium install a 30MB Eric> opening book file, if we go copying it from /usr/lib to Eric> /var/lib, we're wasting 30MB user's disk space, he might not Eric> like it. Sven> What about a symlink ? How would that help? The whole point is to have 2 dist

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 09:34 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > The implication might be that the best way is not to ship the dynamic > book files at all, and just assume they are in the user's home > directory or subdirectory thereof and document where to get them. That's all well and good if yo

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Eric> One drawback I see is that crafty-books-medium install a 30MB Eric> opening book file, if we go copying it from /usr/lib to Eric> /var/lib, we're wasting 30MB user's disk space, he might not Eric> like it. Sven> What about a symlink ? How would that help? The whole point is to have 2 dis

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Paul Baker
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 11:14 AM, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:33 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-5.

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:33 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > > > opening books in

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-5.4.html) and > obvioulsy tagged as conffiles (you do

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Joey Hess
Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-5.4.html) and > obvioulsy tagged as conffiles (you don't want to lose your > high scores files w

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:33 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > > 'learns' from the games

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Paul Baker
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 11:14 AM, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:33 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fh

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:33 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > > > opening books in

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 06:14:55PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-5.4.html) and > obvioulsy tagged as conffiles (you d

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Joey Hess
Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > I don't agree with you here. When you have games that use high scores > files, these are placed in /var as per FHS 5.4 > (http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/fhs-5.4.html) and > obvioulsy tagged as conffiles (you don't want to lose your > high scores files

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > 'learns' from the games and add the new moves to the opening books > that live in /var/li

what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi everyone, I'm the maintainer of crafty, a chess engine (http://packages.debian.org/crafty). When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it 'learns' from the games and add the new moves to the opening books

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:33 +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > > > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > > 'learns' from the games

Re: what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 04:15:11PM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled > opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it > 'learns' from the games and add the new moves to the opening books > that live in /var/l

what to do with binary conffiles ?

2002-07-30 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
Hi everyone, I'm the maintainer of crafty, a chess engine (http://packages.debian.org/crafty). When you install crafty for the first time, it installed compiled opening books in /var/lib/crafty. Then, as it plays against you, it 'learns' from the games and add the new moves to the opening books