Nethack 3.4.3 [PSARC/2008/172 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Danek Duvall]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:03:10PM -1000, Joseph Kowalski wrote:

> Danek Duvall wrote:
>> What's the *point* of /usr/games?
> See Jim's mail on "sorting by functionality".

Yeah, I saw that.  I can see the point of separating out some stuff into
/usr/sbin, I can definitely see /usr/lib.  But everything else?  Why not
have a separate directory for "things Joe likes to run on Mondays"?

> The bigger issue is being gratuitously different than other UNIXs.

And I don't see what downside this difference makes.  It makes it easier to
find on Solaris.  I suppose if you have a script that depends on
/usr/games/nethack being portable across all platforms you run it on then
yes, we're annoying you, but you're scraping the bottom of the barrel if
that's your reasoning.

>> If I file an "Obsolete /usr/games" case, would you be any happier?
>
> No. That would be a waste of time.

More than this thread has become?

Danek