On 01/18/10 01:38, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > On 01/17/10 21:31, Thilo Bangert wrote: >> /var/layman i dislike due to this sentence in the FHS: >> >> "Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of >> /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some system-wide >> implication[...]" > > [..] > > current ranking through my eyes: > > 1) /var/layman con: adds folder to /var, maybe should not > 2) /var/db/layman con: you tell me > 3) /var/lib/layman con: not really /var/lib-style data
let me put the thoughts we collected so far to a decision. looking at /var shows, that not many application really dared to have a dedicated folder in /var directly: # find /var -maxdepth 1 -type d /var /var/tmp /var/lost+found /var/www /var/cache /var/spool /var/run /var/lock /var/db /var/gdm <-- gnome-base/gdm /var/lib /var/empty <-- net-misc/openssh /var/log /var/state after re-considering the requirements for /var/lib/layman the data in there can be host-specific (and therefore is not host-independent in general). i think it fits _well enough_ and to my impression it has less potential of turning out wrong than non-FHS /var/db: so /var/lib/layman is the new default. expect related commits to layman soon. sebastian
