Re: [gentoo-project] Call for Agenda Items -- Council Meeting 2015-10-11

[Ulrich Mueller]

Following up to this. I think the choice is between the two extremes
of keeping the status quo and of changing all non-FHS locations, or
some intermediate solution.

1. Keep status quo:

   /usr/games/bin     games binaries
   /usr/games/lib*    games libraries
   /usr/share/games   static games data
   /etc/games         games configuration
   /var/games         variable game data
   /var/log/games     games logs

2. Change all locations that are not conforming to FHS 3.0:

   /usr/bin           games binaries
   Rationale: The FHS has /usr/games as an optional directory for
   binaries, but we cannot use it because it is blocked by the current
   directory layout with /usr/games/{bin,lib*}.

   /usr/lib*          games libraries

   /usr/share         static games data
   Rationale: The FHS also allows an optional /usr/share/games but its
   description says "Static data files for /usr/games". So if the
   binaries are installed in /usr/bin then (as I read it) the data
   should go to /usr/share (i.e., to /usr/share/${PN} really).

   /etc               games configuration

   /var/games         variable game data
   Rationale: FHS section 5.7.: "Any variable data relating to games
   in /usr should be placed here."
   This could also be used for logs previously placed in
   /var/log/games, when for some reason they cannot got to /var/log
   (but AFAICS it would affect only two packages in the tree).

Ulrich