RedHat, Fedora future?
Bill Nottingham
notting at redhat.com
Thu Feb 5 21:16:55 UTC 2004
Robin Laing (Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca) said:
>
> [quote]
> /opt : Add-on application software packages
> Purpose
>
> /opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software
> packages.
>
> A package to be installed in /opt must locate its static files in a
> separate /opt/<package> or /opt/<provider> directory tree, where
> <package> is a name that describes the software package and <provider>
> is the provider's LANANA registered name.
> [/quote]
>
> From the standards it is clear that Fedora is installing OpenOffice
> and Mozilla in the wrong directories. I have not had a chance to
> check on a totally Fedora machine about various application ~/ config
> files.
Applications shipped with the OS (Mozilla, OpenOffice) are by
definition not add-ons.
Bill
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