[Zope-dev] Zope RPMs/debs and Linux FHS

[Chris McDonough]

On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 13:03, Jim Penny wrote:
> I have no opposition to an attempt to standardize the location of 
> ZOPE_HOME and LOCATION_HOME.  (I also don't see it as that big a deal,
> people to whom this matters, who are presumed capable enough to be 
> trusted with the root password, should be capable of reading
> /usr/share/doc/zope/README.Debian.gz.)  But, if zope.org wishes 
> to maintain a set of .deb packages, then zope.org really, really, 
> needs to become the official debian packager (and hence the suggestion 
> that Chris become an official debian developer); or they really, really 
> need to stay out of it, and simply point debian users elsewhere.

FWIW, I have no intention of doing anything to upset the apple cart. 
>From what I've heard so far, it sounds like it would be quite difficult
to standardize file locations.  It's much easier for me to let it go and
to hell with standardization.  If I can make any of the current
maintainers' lives easier by creating a "make debdist" based off the
current control file and whatnot that "does the right thing" for the
current Debian Zope file layout, I would be happy do do so, I just need
to know that there's demand.

- C