Opened 8 weeks ago

Closed 8 weeks ago

#69988 closed defect (invalid)

2048.cpp installs its data into /var, perhaps should rather use /share?

Reported by: barracuda156 Owned by: chenguokai (Xim)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 2.9.3
Keywords: Cc:
Port: 2048.cpp

Description

It is a game, why does it install anything into ${prefix}/var? And those are text files.

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 8 weeks ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

2048.cpp stores scores and statistics in ${prefix}/var/2048.cpp/data. According to FHS var is for "files whose content is expected to continually change during normal operation of the system"; storing scores and statistics there seems correct to me. share would not be an appropriate place for that kind of data; share is for manpages, documentation, and other architecture-independent files installed with the software and not expected to change during the normal operation of the system.

comment:2 Changed 8 weeks ago by barracuda156

Thank you, this can be closed then.

comment:3 Changed 8 weeks ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Resolution: invalid
Status: assignedclosed
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