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Month: June 2012

Re: [trinity-devel] TDE naming inconsistencies and kdm-trinity

From: Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:58:45 -0400
> I would like to draw attention to this, as I am sure TDE would be more
> widely accepted if more general standards were followed (however, I
> know the team is already working in this area)

The reason to avoid /usr/ is to prevent conflicts with KDE4. according
the the fhs we are doing it correctly by using /opt/. While a lot of
stuff is renamed, this solution is much more elegant than adding
-trinity to all binaries or renaming every lib.

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES

Calvin