RedHat, Fedora future?

William Hooper whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 6 18:47:50 UTC 2004


Robin Laing said:
>
> That is my question.  When is it part of the OS or an add-on?
>
> I must agree that the implementation of using /usr/lib/<package> for
> OS installed software is allowed but I raise the question about adding
> the same package at a later date from the maintainer or another site,
> when does it change to being installed in /opt ?  This is the question
> I pose to be thought about and explained.

If it isn't coming from the Fedora project, how do they control it?  It is
up you as the one compiling a program, or the package designer in the case
of rpms.

> To expand on this, if it isn't included in Fedora Core, then shouldn't
> it be installed in /opt?

Again, if it isn't from Fedora Core how does the Fedora project control it?

-- 
William Hooper





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