[pkg-GNUstep-maintainers] Re: Conflicts between FHS and GnuStep (was: Bug#256141: addresses: GNUstep Mass Bug Breaks Policy Section 9.1.1)

[Jeroen van Wolffelaar]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 08:18:02PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> Ok, we're now pretty near to a release, and this RC-bug is open for
> some time, so my question is: How to continue?
> 
> I can see different ways out (order has nothing to do with
> preference):
> 
> 1. Agree that
>    | This is where all of the system's general-use include files for the C 
>    | and C++ programming languages should be placed.
>    doesn't match GNUstep files, and leave everything as is.
> 2. Accept the location of GNUstep files as an exception for sarge, and
>    change that post-sarge.
> 3. make a lot of changes to GNUStep in the last minute
> 4. drop GNUStep from sarge
> 
> I don't have any real opinion on it, except that dropping would be a
> pity, and I don't like over-hurrying. So, I'd go for 1 or 2.

I agree, and since the difference between 1 and 2 is not relevant for
Sarge, I propose option '1.5':

| Leave the GNUstep files as it is for Sarge, and discuss whether they
| need to be changed after Sarge is released

To be implemented by downgrading the relevant bug to important.

--Jeroen

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