[Openicc] Adding a directory to the OpenIccDirectoryProposal

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Fine. So a patch with your changes would be welcome.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
-- @LGM


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:53:43 +0100
> Von: Richard Hughes <hughsient at gmail.com>
> An: Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de>
> CC: openicc at lists.freedesktop.org
> Betreff: Re: [Openicc] Adding a directory to the OpenIccDirectoryProposal

> On 28 May 2010 06:31, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> wrote:
> > Your need seems to be understandable. However FHS[1] talks about
> variable
> > data with regards to the "/var" path. Your data would be fixed. Further
> > a "/var/share" is not even mentioned.
> 
> I didn't request /var/share -- only /var/lib...
> 
> The directory "color" would be a non FHS extension to /var/lib which
> /could/ be easily standardized in future versions of the FHS spec[1].
> 
> > OpenIccDirectoryProposal[2] tries to
> > be FHS compliant as good as it can. So it would be logical to discuss
> > the above issues first with FHS people.
> 
> I have. Their logic was that /usr is mounted read only, /srv is site
> specific (not machine specific). This only leaves /var/lib which is,
> in general, machine-specific non-architecture-dependent persistent
> data which is pretty much exactly what we want.
> 
> Richard.
> 
> [1] Although, the people I talked to didn't think it was important
> enough to mention explicitly in the FHS...