[Fedora-packaging] Where to install examples to?
Michael Schwendt
bugs.michael at gmx.net
Fri Jul 8 16:04:04 UTC 2005
On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:38:17 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am observing packages in FE installing examples/demos to /usr/bin.
>
> Do people agree upon this to be good packaging practice or not?
>
>
> IMO, it is not, because
> * This gradually fills up /usr/bin.
> * Many such examples/demos are semi-functional or less and have never
> been designed to be used by the public.
>
> I'd recommend to install examples/demos to either
> /usr/lib/<package>/
> or even to
> /usr/share/doc/<package>
>
> Opinions, comments?
Certainly _not_ /usr/share, as that one is for architecture-independent
data.
Reasonable:
* use a separate -demos package for them
* include them in -devel package as source, so developers can
build them and examine them
* don't package them if they are not built by default and
depending on what kind of demos/example they are
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Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at users.sf.net>
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