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On 08 Mar 2002 01:42:34 +0000 |
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Tom Newsom <Jeepster@××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> I can if you wish get a guy who started the nvidia drivers to come into |
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> #gentoo and tell you why you`re /opt/ place is wrong. |
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We do not want to clutter our /usr hierarchy with proprietary software. It |
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is as much a political decision to put all non-free software in /opt as a |
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technical. |
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Hence, there is no way we'll budge on this issue, as it is religious ;p |
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(On a similar note; if you see any ebuilds that install non-free software |
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into /usr and not /opt, it is considered a bug, and should be reported to |
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bugs.gentoo.org). |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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