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?
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William Hooper
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