[GRASS-dev] [GRASS GIS] #1610: Restructure the file layout to comply to the FHS

[GRASS GIS]

#1610: Restructure the file layout to comply to the FHS
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 Reporter:  volter        |       Owner:  grass-dev@…              
     Type:  task          |      Status:  new                      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  7.0.0                    
Component:  Installation  |     Version:  unspecified              
 Keywords:  /usr/lib      |    Platform:  Unspecified              
      Cpu:  Unspecified   |  
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 I suppose this topic is not new to you and it's on the to-do-list of many
 distribution packagers:

 Please restructure the file layout to comply to the file hierarchy
 standard.

 http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

 Many or most GNU/Linux distributions require packages to follow these
 guidelines to even be included. Grass was introduced into Fedora at a
 time, when quality assurance wasn't as tight as it is today. Nevertheless,
 these changes should be made.

 The files installed to /usr/lib and subdirectories are the most prominent
 violations.

 "/usr/lib includes object files, libraries, and internal binaries that are
 not intended to be executed directly by users or shell scripts."

 For Grass, besides that, it also contains:

  * Translations --> /usr/share/locale
  * Python scripts --> /usr/share
  * Data (icons, fonts, projection data) --> /usr/share
  * Documentation --> /usr/share/man, /usr/share/doc

 The arrows indicate where roughly we expect to find this kind of content.

 I know, it is probably really hard to get all that working with the
 GISBASE environment variable. For Fedora, my approach on the easier part
 was, to hardcode the paths for locales and documentation -- replacing
 GISBASE.

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