Robin Laing (Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said:
Applications shipped with the OS (Mozilla, OpenOffice) are by definition not add-ons.
This is one thing that I thought of but in my mind, I see that the programs are add-ons to the OS. Following this train of thought, any application that is installed later should install in /opt correct? If I install a bare-bones Fedora without apps, then add OpenOffice later, it becomes an add-on as it was added later. When does an application move from being part of the OS install to being an add-on?
Erm, so when you install it should cause it to move? That's not implementable in *any* sort of clean way.
Bill
That is my question. When is it part of the OS or an add-on?
I must agree that the implementation of using /usr/lib/<package> for OS installed software is allowed but I raise the question about adding the same package at a later date from the maintainer or another site, when does it change to being installed in /opt ? This is the question I pose to be thought about and explained.
To expand on this, if it isn't included in Fedora Core, then shouldn't it be installed in /opt?
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