Re: objection! [was Re: Icon and pixmap location]
> > > (1) All pixmaps and bitmaps live in /usr/share/icons. End of story.
> > > *NO* pixmaps or bitmaps will live in /usr/X11R6/include.
> >
> > This one gets my vote.
>
> I'd be careful. There are technical issues and established worldwide practice
> that we could be overlooking.
>
> I only say this because I have discussed this with branden before, and he
> had some very pointed things to say about it.
>
> I formally object to this proposal on the grounds that we have not heard
> from Branden yet, seeing as he is our resident X guru. Once Branden is
> raised one way or another on this subject, I will retract this objection.
There isn't yet a proposal, just suggestions.
Secondly, I presume that you are only objecting to the idea of moving
everything into /usr/share/icons. See the other suggestions of having
symlinks from /usr/X11R6/include/X11/{bit,pix}maps -> /usr/share/icons
as another possibility.
Julian
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Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, QMW, Univ. of London. J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk
Debian GNU/Linux Developer, see http://www.debian.org/~jdg
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