Re: [Fedora-packaging] Directory draft (was Re: Triggers just to avoid unowned directories?)
On 09/02/2009 05:47 PM, Bill Nottingham wrote:
Michel Alexandre Salim (michael.silvanus(a)gmail.com) said:
>>> Multi-ownership seems *far* preferable to me than using triggers to
>>> move files around, or moving a prelink-specific directory to the base
>>> filesystem package.
>>
>> Then the guidelines should be fixed to create less confusion over the
>> matter.
>>
> Another precedence is with bash-completion -- the consensus is for
> packages that provide completion scripts to own /etc/bash_completion.d
OK, I've written up the following, which should be more clear:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BillNottingham/DirectoryDraft
Comments?
This proposal goes into the right direction. However I find it somewhat
confusing, because it doesn't mention the actual rationales/motivations
for when to apply "multiple owners" or "package deps"
(The rationale is strict and permanent package hierarchies
vs. "no or varying hierarchies")
Ralf