[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Re: Moving Resources to /usr/share properly

[Yavor Doganov]

Hubert Chan wrote:
> 
> In general, for already existing packages, I (unofficially)
> recommend only moving the Resources directory when the Resources
> directory is large, or if someone complains about Resources being
> under /usr/lib.

That's a relief.  I thought that moving the Resources was the next
phase of the FHS-compliance plan.  In that case, I won't touch
projectmanager.app.

> Since the bug only affects upgrading, moving the Resources directory
> for new packages shouldn't hurt anything.

Certainly.

> The only problem with the preinst snippet that I'm aware of is that
> AFAICT any old files that are in the Resources directory won't get
> removed if they are no longer in the new package.  But this probably
> doesn't affect most packages.

In the future, if we adopt an official (or semi-official) policy for
this, we'll have to fix that behaviour.

> (And for those who are wondering, you still should use the
> debian/rules snippet in addition to the preinst snippet.  The
> preinst snippet isn't a replacement for the debian/rules snippet.)

Of course, that's exactly what I was trying to say.
Thanks for your reply.