[Guidelines Change] Changes to the Packaging Guidelines

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Bohuslav Kabrda <bkabrda at redhat.com> said:
> "Distributions may install software in /opt" 
> 
> What do you find vague about this sentence? 

That's not the sentence (if you're going to quote something, make sure
you quote the whole thing); you left out the rest: "but must not modify
or delete software installed by the local system administrator without
the assent of the local system administrator."

Since package management tools don't have any good way to obtain the
assent of the system adminitrator before overwriting files in /opt,
distributions steer clear of /opt.

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.