On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:38:17 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Hi,
I am observing packages in FE installing examples/demos to /usr/bin.
Do people agree upon this to be good packaging practice or not?
IMO, it is not, because
* This gradually fills up /usr/bin.
* Many such examples/demos are semi-functional or less and have never
been designed to be used by the public.
I'd recommend to install examples/demos to either
/usr/lib/<package>/
or even to
/usr/share/doc/<package>
Opinions, comments?
Certainly _not_ /usr/share, as that one is for architecture-independent
data.
Reasonable:
* use a separate -demos package for them
* include them in -devel package as source, so developers can
build them and examine them
* don't package them if they are not built by default and
depending on what kind of demos/example they are
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