[CREATE] shared resources spec

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Sorry to point to an further aspect:

as I read 
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREARCHITECTUREINDEPENDENTDATA
it talks about /usr/local as well.

Bob Friesenhahn mentioned recently on the OpenICC list the standard 
install path for all packages is /usr/local and so does autotools.
/usr is a much more a system dependent thing.
Thinking further a package should work in every place it is brought to.
Even /opt/local or /afs/root_server would be a possibility.

Practical:
users sitting in an adiministrated environment have no chance to 
succesfully install arbitrary packages, which are only working for 
certain, possibly unreachable places - like the /usr hirarchy. Vice versa  
Create would become a single workplace standard because you need allways 
top root rights to install properly.

>From this, the Create project should support a user manageable 
configuration, which is mantadory to applications.

Environment variables seems usual. Other ideas?


regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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Am 10.11.05, 11:43 +0100 schrieb Boudewijn Rempt:

> On Thursday 10 November 2005 11:38, Craig Bradney wrote:
> 
> > Yep.. so.. anyone else want to comment?
> 
> /usr/share/create/X is my favorite -- and I'd like to see this standard fixed 
> before I have to release Krita 1.5 in January or February next year :-).
> 
> -- 
> Boudewijn Rempt 
> http://www.valdyas.org/fading/index.cgi
>