Re: Berlin & FSSTND/FHS

[Jules Bean <jules@jellybean.co.uk>]

Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> 
> +--[ Jordan Mendelson ]--[ jordy@wserv.com ]
> | Would we be violating policy if we created /usr/Berlin?
> 
> yes. /usr/X11R6 is historical, and some people would even like to get rid of
> it. for very similiar reasons kde wanted it's own /usr/KDE or /opt/kde or
> something. it's not acceptable. tex also does not have it's own subtree
> (any longer).
> 
> |       /usr/Berlin/include             - Headers
>         /usr/include/Berlin
> |       /usr/Berlin/include/idl         - IDL source
>         /usr/include/Berlin/idl
> |       /usr/Berlin/bin                 - Berlin binaries
>         /usr/bin
> |       /usr/Berlin/lib                 - Libraries
>         /usr/lib (share libs), /usr/lib/Berlin (Data)
> |       /usr/Berlin/opt                 - Berlin Third Party Binaries
>         may not exist. /usr/bin
> |       /usr/Berlin/var                 - Various data files
>         /var/lib/Berlin (and the other /var/* dirs).
> 
> andreas

Yay!  Andreas understands the FHS.  Amazing how many people don't seem
to, judging by the FUD on this thread.

The only thing I'd add is that binaries which are not directly called by
the user can live in /usr/lib/Berlin.  But all binaries that you expect
the user to run should be in /usr/bin.

Jules