Aldo Foot wrote:
I hope I am not off-topic, but one thing that sorta bothers
me is that many, if not *most* applications are being placed
in /usr/share as if a catchall place? It seems to contain more
than 50% of /usr space alone?
It seems to me, that many applications such as 'games' for example,
ought to be in it's own common directory such as /usr/(local/)games
so that these (large) applications can be easily symlinked/mounted
elsewhere if need be, otherwise it can be bothersome to move, mount,
or symlink these otherwise potentially large applications?
I wonder what the point is of having /usr/games, /usr/local if
no one seems to use these otherwise mostly empty directories?
I seem to think it might be an added bonus giving the installer
the choice as to where to install their application(s)?
Just wondering.
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This might answer the /usr/share question:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-4.11.html
"Any program or package which contains or requires data that doesn't
need to be modified should store that data in /usr/share (or
/usr/local/share, if installed locally). It is recommended that a
subdirectory be used in /usr/share for this purpose.
Game data stored in /usr/share/games must be purely static data. Any
modifiable files, such as score files, game play logs, and so forth,
should be placed in /var/games."
~af
Aw, you beat me to it.
I also have this as more of a description from the Linux Standards Base.
Installing Your Application in the Right Place
http://www.linux-foundation.org/docs/lsbbook/install-app.html
Following a set standards would solve one issue with commercial
acceptance of Linux. Finding everything in the same spot for all
distributions.
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