RedHat, Fedora future?

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Fri Feb 6 17:51:04 UTC 2004


Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Robin Laing (Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca) said: 
> 
>>>Applications shipped with the OS (Mozilla, OpenOffice) are by
>>>definition not add-ons.
>>
>>This is one thing that I thought of but in my mind, I see that the 
>>programs are add-ons to the OS.  Following this train of thought, any 
>>application that is installed later should install in /opt correct? 
>>If I install a bare-bones Fedora without apps, then add OpenOffice 
>>later, it becomes an add-on as it was added later.  When does an 
>>application move from being part of the OS install to being an add-on?
> 
> 
> Erm, so when you install it should cause it to move? That's not
> implementable in *any* sort of clean way.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 

That is my question.  When is it part of the OS or an add-on?

I must agree that the implementation of using /usr/lib/<package> for 
OS installed software is allowed but I raise the question about adding 
the same package at a later date from the maintainer or another site, 
when does it change to being installed in /opt ?  This is the question 
I pose to be thought about and explained.

To expand on this, if it isn't included in Fedora Core, then shouldn't 
it be installed in /opt?

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