On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 13:23, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sergej Pupykin schrieb: >> >> >> Patching them is overkill, it would be an example of the unnecessary >> patching we do not want in >> >> Arch. I would keep them self-contained, no matter which solution will >> be used in the end. I >> >> wouldn't even have such a big problem with having configuration in >> >> /usr/share/www/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php or so. >>> >>> >> In any way, filling /srv with data from pacman is a bad idea, /home >>> >> and /srv should be user territory only. >> >> It is not problem for user, but as I understand it should not be >> modificable files in /usr/share/ > > There are many "should"s here: > > - You should not unnecessarily patch applications. > - You should not fill /srv or /home with pacman data > - You should not put user-modifiable files in /usr/share > > The last "should" is IMO the weakest of all. You can easily avoid violating > the first two though. I would say this is the best solution, but it would be > great to have some more opinions from other devs and TUs here, maybe even > some from our overlord. Modifiable files are not allowed in /usr/share according to FHS. But we have /opt which is intended for self-containing apps which is exactly what webapps are. -- Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)
