Hi Tom,
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The section of the Packaging Guidelines covering /srv was amended to include /opt and /usr/local. Specifically, the following sentence was added:
In addition, no Fedora package can have any files or directories under /opt or /usr/local, as these directories are not permitted to be used by Distributions in the FHS.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#No_Files_or_Directories_...
Can I ask you where specifically you found the statement, that distributions cannot place their data under /opt?
Citing FHS [1]: "Programs to be invoked by users must be located in the directory /opt/<package>/bin or under the /opt/<provider> hierarchy. If the package includes UNIX manual pages, they must be located in /opt/<package>/share/man or under the /opt/<provider> hierarchy, and the same substructure as /usr/share/man must be used."
And more importantly: "Distributions may install software in /opt, but must not modify or delete software installed by the local system administrator without the assent of the local system administrator."