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

[Joseph Kowalski]

Danek Duvall wrote:
> 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"?
>   
I'll point out there is a separate place for such things.  It's called 
$HOME.

And please get it right, its Tuedays.  :-)

And as I said, the discussion of separation by usage class (or whatever) is
interesting, and we've had that discussion before and we will probably see
it again.  The much more important thing is familiarity for Linux users.
>> 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.
>   
No. Its about familiarity.

BTW: If nothing else, could you not overload the existing /usr/games 
with a new
semantic? Now we are faced with somebody who is used to finding the game
executables in the familiar place and finding something else there entirely.
>>> 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?
>   
Well, I'm sorry, but I actually believe this is important.  I believe we 
have been
given direction to be as "familiar" as possible with respect to Linux.  
I personally
felt that this whole concept, although a good one, was taken too far.  
However,
I am bound to either "agree and commit, disagree and commit, or get out 
of the
way".  I thought this was what we were all bound to do.

Danek, I have the upmost respect for you.  If we are to discuss things 
at this
level, we should probably talk rather than risk alienating each other.

- jek3