[debhelper-devel] Bug#567033: dh: Install binaries to /usr/games if Section=games

[Niels Thykier]

On 2015-08-31 21:43, Vincent Cheng wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net> wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are we still using /usr/games for games?  AFAICT, the use of /usr/games
>> is optional, so it is not clear to me that this desired?  The last I can
>> find on this in Debian is [1], which is 1½ years after this bug was filed.
> 
> AFAIK the Debian games team doesn't have a specific policy that
> mandates the use of either /usr/games or /usr/bin, but all the team
> packages that I maintain install binaries into /usr/games, and that
> seems to hold true for most if not all of the team's packages.
> 
> Regards,
> Vincent
> 
> [...]

What about the following remark?

"""
the next FHS will make games-specific paths deprecated and removed in a
future version
"""
(http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-games/2011/debian-games.2011-06-26-09.57.html)

Does this still hold, or did the FHS maintainers change their mind?

Thanks,
~Niels



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