Hi, 2012/1/5 Paul Wise <p...@debian.org>: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Romain Beauxis wrote: > >> I once proposed to push for a general policy regarding this symlink >> trick for webapps and even to write a debhelper but it did not seem to >> appeal to anyone. I am still convinced, though, that it should be >> standard practice. > > In my opinion it is a pretty ugly hack that we should discourage where > possible.
There is a trade-off to consider between patching every single webapp, having no writable location at all and placing files where they belong to. I consider that a good one (trade-off). > The right way to do things is something like how things are done with > django-based applications. It would probably be more convincing if you'd take the time to explain what is done there.. Romain -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CABWZ6OQu==c35kvivhcbxhodkad_rsndzqb1wf-pdrwujp7...@mail.gmail.com
