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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