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RE: [RFC] Change to subversion package: Move /usr/bin/* -> /usr/bin/subversion/* and add symlinks in /usr/bin
- From: "Robert McNulty Junior" <bmj2004 at bellsouth dot net>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:30:41 -0500
- Subject: RE: [RFC] Change to subversion package: Move /usr/bin/* -> /usr/bin/subversion/* and add symlinks in /usr/bin
In order to be more Unix-like, /usr/bin does not have subdirectories.
Look at the structure of Linux. I'm going to remove Windows Services for
Unix and just use both Cygwin and Visual studio.
Try and look into /usr/bin on Linux and see what Chris is talking about.
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com] On
Behalf Of Max Bowsher
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 6:18 PM
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] Change to subversion package: Move /usr/bin/* ->
/usr/bin/subversion/* and add symlinks in /usr/bin
Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:08:55PM +0100, Max Bowsher wrote:
>>
>> I propose to relocate all the above into a directory /usr/bin/subversion,
>
> Sorry, no. /usr/bin is a flat structure. It does not contain
subdirectories.
What is the reason for this? I feel this specific case would be a sensible
exception to the rule.
Max.