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From: Evan Powers <powers.161@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Hi, proposal: custom prefix for emerging applications
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 23:43:00
Message-Id: 200304211942.58582.powers.161@osu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Hi, proposal: custom prefix for emerging applications by DJ Cozatt
1 On Monday 21 April 2003 09:53 am, DJ Cozatt wrote:
2 > I have often wondered why gnome and kde do
3 > not go in /opt.
4
5 There's been a lot of careful thought put into the current placement of gnome
6 and kde; placing them in /opt was considered, but rejected. Gentoo doesn't
7 violate the LSB lightly, it's done for very specific and powerful reasons.
8
9 Search the Gentoo website, forums, and mailing list archives for "LSB" and
10 you'll get the reasoning, as well as the flame war that periodically
11 surrounds it.
12
13 Evan
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