Re: /usr/X11R6
> Such a move would, in fact, break section 4.1 of the FSSNTD,
> and would also violate the FHS.
agreed. why don't ask the fhs team why they left the link for this single
package ?
> This proposal also does not have an ewasy way of transitioning
> between releases of the X WIndow system (like, release 7, or version
> 12.
it will still be possible to install a new window system into /usr/X11R7,
or even better handle that with the debian package mechanism.
libx11r7(-doc,-dev) isn't a problem to handle.
>In the current method, one may have multple copies of the X
> window system on the machine simultaneously, keepin one the default,
> and allowing others to experiment with newer version at will. Also
> allows an easy roll back by changing 3 links.
with debian you can keep all three as deb's on your hard disk, and
a single dpkg command will do the transition. btw : there is only /etc/X11,
not /etc/X11R6, so symlink changeing will maybe not be enough...
> Other reasons I can think of are compatibility with other
> Linux/UNIX systems, and backwards compatibility (replacing
> directories with symlinks maybe awkward with dpkg).
i agree, as far as i know, dpkg does not allow one dir being a symlink and a
real directory at the same time. it also doesn't allow two packages providing
the same symlink.
> In conclusion, I think this is a stunningly bad idea.
i disagree. fsstnd/fhs made one big exception where it did not clean up the
filesystem. at that time they had reasons not to move x11 arround. x11r5/r6
might be the most important one. i'm not sure if this reason is still valid.
the longer x11r6 is it's own hierarchy, the longer you have to live and
maintain the drawbacks.
a cut is not easy to do, but better sooner than later IMHO.
andreas
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