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

[Joseph Kowalski]

Bart Smaalders wrote:
> /usr/bin/ contains:
>
> gnect
> gnibbles
> gnobots
> gnome-sudoku
> gnotravex
> gnomine
> gnotski
Thanks for the information.

It provides more justification that we are just giving lipservice to
Linux familiarity.  We "just know better", more politely termed NIH.

Yes, Jim did talk about sorting by some arbitrary criteria.  As I
said in my last mail, there are several camps around this and we
will have this discussion again and again.  Its not the important
issue, Linux familiarity is.

It is interesting to note, that the discussion often is about
what (historically and somewhat well defined semanticall) "bin"
something belongs in.  I seem to recall a lot of items which seemed
to be fit in /usr/sbin (by the endorsed semantic) were proposed
to be placed in /usr/bin, because that's where they can be found
on Linux.

Rules that can be applied on a situational basis, are not rules at all.

- jek3