[pkg-GNUstep-maintainers] Re: Bug#256156: How to address the FHS concerns

[Matthias Klose]

Steve Langasek writes:
> I know my wording in the above email was a bit... convoluted... so just
> to make sure everyone is clear:
> 
> - binaries under /usr/lib/<package> are not policy violations if you
>   don't intend for people to execute them directly.
> - openapp is a binary that people execute directly, so it must be in
>   /usr/bin/; it is a serious bug if they are not.

yes, and these should be fixed (gnustep-make uploaded, new
gnustep-base in new queue).

> - architecture-independent files must be in /usr/share; it is a serious
>   bug if they are not.

this last one becomes difficult at the moment. There are certainly
some directories, which can easily be moved to a
/usr/share/System/GNUstep directory, but it get's difficult to split
the '.app' and '.bundle' directories between /usr/lib and /usr/share.

> - These serious bugs, because they appear to be fixable, are not
>   ones which I believe should be automatically granted an exemption for
>   sarge.  However, this is my opinion, not an official position from the
>   release team; the only person who gets to pick which bugs are
>   ignorable is still AJ. :)

:)

	Matthias

PS: Awaiting his mass filing for all python packages...