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Subject:    Re: A couple of kde-related problems
From:       "Mark Macumber" <mark () macumber ! net>
Date:       1999-07-04 19:37:12
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Patrick,

I agree with you in regard to /opt being 'bizarre'. I have noticed that Cisco
Works (big application) and many other large commercial applications tend to use
/opt as an installation point (many Solaris commercial apps). I had supposed that
the developers were attempting to do us a favor by not potentially maxing out the
/usr partition prematurely and forcing us to set aside a chunk of the drive solely
for large commercial apps.

I think of /usr/local and /usr/share as being specifically set aside for locally
run apps and shared network apps respectively.

I think their heart may have been in the right place if this is the case, but it
is redundant nonethless.

KDE is the first 'Window Manager/Environment' I've seen go in /opt. I think we all
were used to it being there and since that is where the KDE developers seemingly
intend for it to go, the RedHat bash ensues.

My .02.

Mark

Patrick O'Neil wrote:

> dep wrote:
> [...]
> > |decision.  This is an issue with the FSSTND, not RH (except, again, insofar
> > |as RH has decided to follow the FSSTND -- which, again, most people tend to
> > |consider a good thing).
> >
> > red hat alone among distributions follows this phony-baloney
> > standard. and red hat alone is receiving complaints for having done
> > so. so it seems as if practically no one considers it a good thing.
>
> >I< consider it a good thing and I am not a Redhat employee.  There is
> NO need for /opt.  /opt is redundant with /usr/local/.  All opt tends
> to carry is kde and/or pgcc.  Nothing else so far in my linux-life.
> EVERYTHING of any importance or use from joe blow gets installed,
> almost invariably, into /usr/local.  /usr/local is a perfect place
> for ALL addon software, including gnome and kde.  /opt is bizarre,
> unneeded, and redundant with no meaningful argument to support it.
> Does ANYTHING work better simply because there is an /opt directory?
> No.  What gets installed in /opt ?  One or two apps as far as I
> can tell.
>
> It would be a good thing if ALL distros followed a reasonable
> standard (like FSSTND).  It does NO harm.  Following it does not
> reduce the power or useability of ANY distro and not following
> it does NOT make a distro easier or faster to use.
>
> This is all pointless in any case, not answering the actual
> question...simply making a silly attack on a linux distro.
> Brilliant.
>
> patrick
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