2011/6/14 Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Well, I would agree to tolerating /usr/lib/<package>/ (Which btw is the > current defacto rule in Fedora practice) but would disagree otherwise, > because > > - /usr/share (aka datadir) is reserved for "arch-independent data", i.e. > should not contain executables and programs. > > - /usr/lib (according to the GNU coding standards) should not contain > programs. > > - $(libdir)/<package>/ basically is a package's private play-ground and > therefore may also contain programs and scripts. > ok. > > <sigh/> some people seem to need written rules for everything, for what > generations of people before them took for granted ;) > > Ralf > We should at least document exceptions to best practices so we can confine them in a small corner. :) "Dark corners are basically fractal — no matter how much you illuminate, there's always a smaller but darker one." - Brian Kernighan (one third of the holy *nixy trinity) H. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
