Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262924AbUJ0Vmn (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:42:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262923AbUJ0Vie (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:38:34 -0400 Received: from ctb-mesg6.saix.net ([196.25.240.78]:42151 "EHLO ctb-mesg6.saix.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262917AbUJ0VfU (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:35:20 -0400 Subject: Re: The naming wars continue... [u] From: "Martin Schlemmer [c]" Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: "Randy.Dunlap" Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Tonnerre , Denis Vlasenko , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Kernel Development , Erik Andersen , uclibc@uclibc.org In-Reply-To: <41800675.5090806@osdl.org> References: <200410261032.34133.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <200410261442.11618.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20041026203137.GB10119@thundrix.ch> <417F2251.7010404@zytor.com> <1098908018.12420.81.camel@nosferatu.lan> <41800675.5090806@osdl.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-o8o5ouhHtQ01JDzQtHjp" Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:35:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1098912907.12420.91.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2282 Lines: 74 --=-o8o5ouhHtQ01JDzQtHjp Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 13:35 -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > Martin Schlemmer [c] wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 21:21 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >=20 > >>Tonnerre wrote: > >> > >>>Salut, > >>> > >>>On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 02:43:54PM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Having /usr/XnnRmm was a mistake in the first place. > >>> > >>> > >>>BSD has /X11R6, whilst I'd agree that /opt/xorg is probably a lot more > >>>appropriate. If you want I can take this discussion back to the X.Org > >>>folks again, but I don't think it's actually going to change anything. > >>> > >> > >>/opt/X (or /usr/X) is really what it probably should be. > >> > >=20 > >=20 > > Except if I am missing something, it is (or was) to be able to > > distinguish between versions that broke protocol compatibility ... > > so except if the protocol will never change again, it should really > > stay as is, and the apps should actually just start to use /usr/bin/X11 > > and /usr/lib/X11 that points to the latest or most stable instead of > > the versioned directories ... >=20 > This won't get fixed on lkml. > If you want to contribute in this area, try LSB/FHS etc. & Please do. >=20 While I appreciate the thought, I should admit that I was only trying to be the local smart-ass, so I have to decline to go on the LSB/FHS crusade :/ Maybe one of the others before me would be so kind. PS: I probably should point out that my use of /usr/bin/X11 and /usr/lib/X11 for the generic symlinks is not so generic, before I step on more toes ... Thanks, --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-o8o5ouhHtQ01JDzQtHjp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBgBSKqburzKaJYLYRAsOuAJ47/3vIdWDyduSTehfHfFomZnufRwCeNzcp d3Yms9QdYRQVD+Y9yo+saBA= =DggB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-o8o5ouhHtQ01JDzQtHjp-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/