On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:02 AM, Patrick MONNERAT<pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm currently packaging some PHP classes: if I follow the packaging > guideline at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:PHP#File_Placement, > class files should appear directly in /usr/share/php, not in an > extension-specific sub-directory. > > This seems rather rude: this rule will sooner or later cause name > collision between files from packages and the directory will grow up to > a mess very fast. > > Would it be possible to alter this rule to allow package-specific > sub-directories ? I know some packages go already this way (is it by > special authorization?). > > Maybe my understanding of this simple rule is too strict. In this case, > I think it should be stated in more permissive terms. You're supposed to be using subdirectories under /usr/share/php. Look at the php-Smarty package as an example, it was the first package to use this directory and I was the one who pushed to create this directory for other packages. The guidelines just need to be re-worded. Regards, Chris -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
