Re: let's discuss /srv again

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On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:58:19 +0200
Firmicus <Firmicus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Roman Kyrylych a écrit :
> > Yes, packaging a webapp is nice for automatic upgrading with pacman,
> > but users can have multiple web servers with multiple vhosts
> > in /srv, so often installing something there won't make it working
> > anyway, and user will copy/move/symlink the app to whatever
> > directory is right for user's webserver config scheme, which is
> > against the idea that package files (except configs) should not be
> > touched by user, but only by package manager.
> >   
> Also, major php applications usually automatically notify the admin
> when there is an update. Drupal does it, and phpmyadmin probably too.
> So there is really *no need* to package them. Whatever I put under
> /srv/http comes from an upstream download.

this is one of the reasons why many webapps suck.  they add bloat such
as package/software management features.  imho it's not the task of the
webapp to do this. and i hate configuring every webapp to do it.

Dieter


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