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Re: Consensus about man and doc X11 directory structure
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Brian Ford wrote:
> Why do you propose keeping a distinct X11R6 tree yet puting documentation
> outside it. I would prefer these to be consistent.
FWIW, Debian and Gentoo both do as proposed.
> IIRC, Harold had decided to eliminate the X11R6 subtree and cgf agreed. I
> guess that was the direction Xorg and several Linux distros were taking.
Gentoo did this already with X11R6.8.2. I would agree, with the
upcoming modular, autotooled X11R7, that the whole reason for the
/usr/X11R6 exception to the FHS no longer applies.
> IMHO, that was not desirable. Eventually I could imagine X11 and
> Cygwin native versions of the same package. I liked this method of making
> the distinction.
What does "Cygwin native" mean? If Cygwin is meant to be a POSIX
environment, then X11 should be the standard for GUI apps.
Yaakov
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