Re: [HEADS UP] perl symlinks in /usr/bin will be gone

From: Dave Horsfall (dave_at_horsfall.org)
Date: 01/30/05

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    Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:37:22 +1100 (EST)

    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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