From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 9 03:47:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADE0F37B401; Fri, 9 May 2003 03:47:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailout04.sul.t-online.com (mailout04.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 394C843FB1; Fri, 9 May 2003 03:47:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd10.sul.t-online.de by mailout04.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 19E5PM-0003MS-06; Fri, 09 May 2003 12:47:20 +0200 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (520065502893-0001@[217.229.215.74]) by fmrl10.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 19E5PE-0M5gbgC; Fri, 9 May 2003 12:47:12 +0200 Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (Magelan [192.168.1.1]) h49Al23G087140; Fri, 9 May 2003 12:47:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from Magelan.Leidinger.net (netchild@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Magelan.Leidinger.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h49Al14E001433; Fri, 9 May 2003 12:47:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 12:47:01 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: Alexey Dokuchaev Message-Id: <20030509124701.5c85d768.Alexander@Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <20030509084055.GA57822@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20030509062810.GA48885@regency.nsu.ru> <20030509065021.GO70324@vectors.cx> <20030509071936.GA52476@regency.nsu.ru> <20030509074338.GP70324@vectors.cx> <20030509080309.GA56761@regency.nsu.ru> <20030509082015.GQ70324@vectors.cx> <20030509084055.GA57822@regency.nsu.ru> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Sender: 520065502893-0001@t-dialin.net cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: kde@freebsd.org cc: david@usermode.org Subject: Re: What is the best place to install additional icon sets? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 10:47:26 -0000 On Fri, 9 May 2003 15:40:55 +0700 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > I think the best place for the icons is their "default" location, namely > ${LOCALBASE}/share/icons//. Why? Because there is an > effort underway to create standard locations for icons and other > desktop resources (www.freedesktop.org). The only reason GNOME icons > aren't there is because GNOME is installed to X11BASE instead of > LOCALBASE. > It's easy enough to find the icons if you're using GNOME, Windowmaker, > or something else. > > > It is not all about whether something useful or not in non-X > environment. There are other issues out there to consider; and yes, > my original intention was to put them under > ${X11BASE}/share/(that is, DATADIR with USE_X_PREFIX). What does ${LOCALBASE} means on the important Linux distributions? Does it translate into /usr? If yes I would vote for ${X11BASE}/share/icons// as it fits into our view of things and IMHO into the Linux POV too. Bye, Alexander. -- ...and that is how we know the Earth to be banana-shaped. http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7