21 May
2024
21 May
'24
10:33 p.m.
Mike Bird composed on 2024-05-21 13:43 (UTC-0700):
Darrell Anderson wrote on 2024-05-21 15:22
(UTC-0500)::
> "/opt is reserved for the installation of
add-on application software
> packages."
> While not a technical issue, I don't think
installing TDE to /opt
> suggests an add-on application.
Add-on as in sourced from elsewhere than the distribution being installed to, like
brother print drivers, not add-on as in dealer-prep, rust-proofing, tape-stripes
and cupholders. The former nicely defines /opt/.
> There is no strict technical requirement against
installing to /opt, but
> doing so renders TDE a second class player. No other DE is installed
> this way.
<long argument snipped>
TDE works fine in /opt, as does Google Earth and Unity
Hub game development
environment.
Thank you TDE devs for maintaining and improving an
excellent and reliable
software product without forcing unnecessary changes on us.
And for not wasting time moving it from /opt/ to /usr/. What ain't broke don't
need fixin.
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