[Radiance-dev] Re: Radiance in Debian

[Gregory J. Ward]

Hi Bernd,

Thanks for your reply.  I guess I'm hopelessly behind the times when  
it comes to how things are managed on Linux.  I know FreeBSD/Darwin  
still uses the old separate bin directories approach for tool sets.   
Whether it causes problems, I'm not aware.

As for renaming "cv," I don't think that would be a problem since  
hardly anyone uses it.  If you have other specific programs you think  
need renaming, let me know, and I'll make the changes if I can.

Do you distribute a removal script with your package as well, in case  
someone decides to uninstall Radiance?  Just curious.

-Greg

> From: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd at bzed.de>
> Date: November 5, 2007 6:24:40 PM MST
>
> Hi Greg,
>
>> This e-mail must have caught you at a bad time
>
> Not a too bad time, but I'm a kinda annoyed by people who suggest to
> make the use of software more complicated for the common user because
> they know all about it. I'm sorry for the rant.
>
>> separate directory as Schorsch suggests, similar to /usr/X11R6/bin  
>> and
>
> This was removed for a good reason.
> For compatibility /usr/bin/X11 is a link to /usr/bin, and /usr/ 
> X11R6/bin
> is a link to /usr/bin, too.
> ...