I still think that /stow is far clearer than /installed. Users
who are already familiar with GNU stow, will understand
directly what will happen when you put a symbolic link in
/stow.
Hardly anyone is familiar with GNU stow. So we should choose the
name that is clearest to the majority, the people are not familiar
with GNU stow. That is why I propose /installed.
I'm not particulary fond of /installed, it sounds as if this directory
contains packages that have been installed on the system once upon a
time, or a place where you can get a list of installed packages. It
doesn't sound as a place where you actually install packages.
I also find /installed (and /packages) too long to type, TAB
completion can slow one down...
Can you suggest another name that is clearer to the typical user?
I'm having a hard time to budge on this; I think users will find /stow
far clearer than anything else I have tried to come up with. Your
suggestions while decent, are too ambiguous. What you are doing when
you put a symlink in /stow, is that you are stowing one or several
packages into the system in a single `compartment'.
All in all, I think the /stow is the clearest. Any chance of you
budging on this detail?
Happy hacking!
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