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From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Cc: Gentoo Council <council@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for Agenda Items -- Council Meeting 2015-12-13
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 16:16:50
Message-Id: 22107.9449.210626.89534@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Call for Agenda Items -- Council Meeting 2015-12-13 by Ulrich Mueller
1 >>>>> On Sun, 29 Nov 2015, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2
3 > The /usr/games directory is deprecated.
4
5 Correction, make this: "The /usr/games and /etc/games directories are
6 deprecated."
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8 > Games packages should _not_ install any files there, but follow
9 > the normal guidelines for install locations instead.
10 > Two exceptions are made:
11 > a) Games packages can install files in /usr/share/games (instead
12 > of /usr/share) if that is the location used by upstream.
13 > b) Shared high-score or game state files can be placed in
14 > /var/games or a subdirectory of it.
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16 Ulrich