[fhs-discuss] games/ as a separate directory

Karl Goetz karl at kgoetz.id.au
Wed May 11 00:46:53 PDT 2011


On Tue, 10 May 2011 11:37:12 -0400
Jeff Licquia <licquia at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On 05/10/2011 02:39 AM, Karl Goetz wrote:
> > I'm reworking the patch at the moment. It deletes all the game/
> > directories except /var/games/ where it notes its deprecated and to
> > use /var/lib/{games,gamename}/ instead. I still need to write a new
> > rationale.
> >
> > I hope we do a changes section where we can note the deletions, as
> > adding a 'this was deleted' text for each will make the standard
> > rather annoying to read.
> 
> I would advocate leaving the references in, but describing them as
> both optional and deprecated.  We can remove the references in a
> future version.

In that case the attached patch is my attempt. I've read it enough that
i can't focus on it anymore, so I'm throwing it to the list.
Does it look ok? if it gets positive comment i'll attach it to 
http://bugs.linux-foundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=766 tomorrow my time.
(unless someone beats me to it).

> The goal is that systems compliant with FHS 2.3 should also be
> clearly compliant with FHS 3.0.  I don't want conflicts to cause
> people to think they have to choose, or that they have to rush
> changes.

Sounds like more of an FHS 2.4 then :)
kk

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
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