What's worse: unowned directories or multiple owners?

[Rex Dieter]

Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Maybe the third time is the charm:
> 
> I want to install a file into /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/ but I don't 
> want to Requires: /usr/share/emacs/site-list/.  Do I own 
> /usr/share/emacs... in my package or do I leave open the possibility 
> that the dir is unowned if emacs in not installed?

IMO, they're equally minor esthetic evils that can be lived with either way.

-- Rex