LinuxUnixLayout

It would be nice if the installation layout under Unix/Linux wold be more conform to what is the default layout. This would make it easier to create packages (deb, rpm, ...)

File layout

/usr/bin

• estudio
• ec
• build

/usr/lib/eiffelstudio

/usr/share/eiffelstudio

• build (except spec)
• docs
• eifinit
• 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