Shawn Walker wrote:
> James Carlson wrote:
>> A Hettinger writes:
>>> Coming from us, I don't think it belongs in /opt. I suppose it means 
>>> a change in "man filesystem" but the best thing is probably to 
>>> resurrect /usr/games.
>>
>> Resurrecting /usr/games for general use sounds like a non-trivial
>> policy change, given both the fact that it was laid to rest with SunOS
>> a couple of decades ago, and that we've been trying hard to avoid
>> having too many software ghettos (such as the /usr/sfw debacle).
>>
>> But if you want to do that, propose it as a PSARC full case (it
>> doesn't look like fast-track to me), describe why it's the right thing
>> to do, and all of the folks on the ARC will hash out the merits.
>
> I'd have to agree that /usr/games seems like it's just going back to a 
> redundant structure. Didn't the serendipitous discovery cases and 
> others basically argue that everything should live in /usr/bin?

Yes. (Not necessarily an opinion I share, but nonetheless the "general" 
agreement was something to this effect.)

- Garrett


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