>>>>> "Vadim" == Vadim V Zhytnikov <vvzhy@mail.ru> writes:
Vadim> Hi!
Vadim> Since there is some uncertainty about new Maxima 5.9
Vadim> directory structure I want to share my ideas on the
Vadim> subject. Actually they are not so different from
Vadim> ones already implemented by James in new build
Vadim> system but anyway. Please, feel free to disagree :-)
Vadim> One of the most important ideas is to keep files for
Vadim> different versions. Some concrete directories below
Vadim> are vary from distro to distro or Unix version.
Vadim> For the sake of definiteness I present the how they
Vadim> look like on my Linux system.
Vadim> 1) Executables
Vadim> /usr/bin/ (%_bindir)
I must say that I've always hated applications that installed their
stuff in /usr/bin, etc. It makes it impossible to tell if some
program actually came with the system or was something that I added
later.
Plus, then it requires root access just to install these things.
I'd propose putting them in /usr/local by default. If the user wants
it in /usr/bin or somewhere else, we can provide the appropriate
configure magic if it doesn't already exist.
Ray