"Rick Spencer" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 15:42 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 03:21:46 pm Allison Randal wrote: >> > On 11/16/2010 12:08 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> > > IIRC, FHS expects /opt/<vendor>/<package>. Perhaps Canonical >should >> > > register "canonical" if they haven't already and then allocate >> > > /opt/canonical/quickly or /opt/canonical/arb namespace to this. >Given >> > > the way FHS anticipated /opt to be used, I think Canonical >(although >> > > certainly not ideal) may be the best choice. >> > >> > /opt/canonical has a similar problem to /opt/ubuntu, in implying >> > "officialness" or support from someone (in this case Canonical as a >> > company, rather than Ubuntu as a community/project/distro). >> > >> > But, there seems to be a fundamental tension here between "official >> > enough to register with LANANA" and "not too official", so perhaps >an >> > added level in the path is the best solution, like >/opt/ubuntu/extras. >> > It is specified in the FHS "The structure of the directories below >> > /opt/<provider> is left up to the packager of the software..." with >> > /opt/<provider>/<packagename> as a suggestion, not a requirement. >> > >> > Allison >> >> I can see that. I'd strongly prefer it not be something that is >exactly >> Ubuntu. Even something like ubuntu-arb or ubuntu-appdevel would be >much >> better (apps-on-ubuntu?). > >I don't want to go on record contradicting the Tech Board here, but >"extras" seems to me to fit the bill. I don't think users will be >exposed to it much, but "extras" seems to imply the kind of "add on" >behavior that we are going for. Would it be possible to reconsider >"/opt/extras/"? If not, maybe "/opt/addons-ubuntu" to pick up on >Scott's >idea? > Much as I'd prefer that, I don't think it's consistent with FHS guidance for /opt. I like extras-ubuntu. Putting extras first makes it more obvious that it's not precisely part of Ubuntu. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
