On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 18:04 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 09:38:17 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
Hi,
I am observing packages in FE installing examples/demos to /usr/bin.
Do people agree upon this to be good packaging practice or not?
IMO, it is not, because
- This gradually fills up /usr/bin.
- Many such examples/demos are semi-functional or less and have never
been designed to be used by the public.
I'd recommend to install examples/demos to either /usr/lib/<package>/ or even to /usr/share/doc/<package>
Opinions, comments?
Certainly _not_ /usr/share, as that one is for architecture-independent data.
Right, this wouldn't be an appropriate place for binaries, but it would be for "examples/demos" provided as source code.
Reasonable:
use a separate -demos package for them
include them in -devel package as source, so developers can build them and examine them
don't package them if they are not built by default and depending on what kind of demos/example they are
ACK.
Ralf