LinuxUnixLayout
It would be nice if the installation layout under Unix/Linux wold be more conform to FHS. This would make it easier to create packages (deb, rpm, ...)
Contents
File layout
/usr/bin
- estudio
- ec
- build
- finish_freezing
- vision2_tour
/usr/lib/eiffelstudio
- library
- precomp
- vision2_tour
- part of studio/spec
- build (except spec)
- docs
- eifinit
- examples
- studio (except some stuff)
- vision2_tour (except spec)
Unneeded
- wizards
- install
Misc
- free_add_ons move into examples
Environment variables
At the moment eiffelstudio needs some environment variables set up to work correctly:
- ISE_EIFFEL
- ISE_PLATFORM
- PATH
With a default layout it would be possible to hardcode default values into the compiled binary, which would be used as fallback if the environment variable is not defined.
Resources
- Filesystem Hierarchy Standard http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
- Debian file system hierarchy http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html