On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 09:27 -0700, Craig White wrote: > Ric Moore wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:41 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: > >> I hope I am not off-topic, but one thing that sorta bothers > >> me is that many, if not *most* applications are being placed > >> in /usr/share as if a catchall place? It seems to contain > >> more > >> than 50% of /usr space alone? > >> > >> It seems to me, that many applications such as 'games' for > >> example, > >> ought to be in it's own common directory such > >> as /usr/(local/)games > >> so that these (large) applications can be easily > >> symlinked/mounted > >> elsewhere if need be, otherwise it can be bothersome to move, > >> mount, > >> or symlink these otherwise potentially large applications? > >> > >> I wonder what the point is of having /usr/games, /usr/local > >> if > >> no one seems to use these otherwise mostly empty directories? > >> > >> I seem to think it might be an added bonus giving the > >> installer > >> the choice as to where to install their application(s)? > >> > >> Just wondering. > > > > Me too. /opt appears to be not used at all. Packages like OO used to > > live there, and /usr/bin is REALLY crowded nowadays since the use > > of /usr/X11/bin got canceled. I'm wondering too. Ric > ---- > /opt is where vendor packages are normally installed, generally, but not > always commercial packages, i.e. BrightStor ArcServe will install there, > also, Dell's OMSA and the rpms you download from OpenOffice.org > > The growth of the number of files in /usr/bin is a testimony to the vast > array of software available for Fedora. I agree, there's a ton of stuff and I'm not complaining about that, nosiree. My comment is that the one directory looks just a little bit full. At least with /usr/X11R6/bin it reduced the amount of traffic in /usr/bin. If only there was a way to divvy up /usr/bin into standard subsets, that everyone could agree on, such as /usr/multimedia/bin, /usr/games/bin and so forth. It's a thought. Nor would it be a huge deal to do. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
