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.
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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.