Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:37:22 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.61.0501302231270.548@dave.horsfall.org> In-Reply-To: <20050130104732.GA30800@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: <20050129202425.GA56998@heechee.tobez.org> <41FC75E9.3060601@freebsd.org> <20050130104732.GA30800@intserv.int1.b.intern>
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Holger Kipp wrote: > > I'm fine with this plan for 6-CURRENT. For 5-STABLE, it's a major > > user-visible change, and that is something that we promised to avoid > > with stable branches. > > It violates POLA on 5-STABLE, and it will violate POLA on 6-CURRENT, > especially as most perl programmers assume /usr/bin/perl to be the > correct path. I have *never* assumed that Perl was in /usr/bin, so for me the POLA simply doesn't apply. In fact, the POLA would seem to say that you don't put a 3rd-party product into a system area. -- Dave, who was taught by JohnL
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