[debhelper-devel] Bug#567033: dh: Install binaries to /usr/games if Section=games

[Vincent Cheng]

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Niels Thykier <niels at thykier.net> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 moreinfo
>
> On Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:56:26 +0100 Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm at debian.org>
> wrote:
>> Package: debhelper
>> Version: 7.4.11
>> Severity: wishlist
>>
>> AFAICS dh is designed to automate as much as possible. It would be
>> nice if binaries were automatically installed to /usr/games if
>> the Section in debian/control is "games".
>>
>> Cheers,
>>         Moritz
>>
>> [...]
>
> Hi,
>
> Are we still using /usr/games for games?  AFAICT, the use of /usr/games
> is optional, so it is not clear to me that this desired?  The last I can
> find on this in Debian is [1], which is 1½ years after this bug was filed.

AFAIK the Debian games team doesn't have a specific policy that
mandates the use of either /usr/games or /usr/bin, but all the team
packages that I maintain install binaries into /usr/games, and that
seems to hold true for most if not all of the team's packages.

Regards,
Vincent