Graham Klyne wrote:
Mark Lentczner wrote:
[*] The Apple guidelines for the /Library and ~/Library files are here:http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFil...
Thanks for the link. I followed through to a couple of other links that broadly support your position:
[1] http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFil...
[2] http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFil...
But, on reading [1], I also see "Although an application can use this directory [/Library] to store internal data or temporary files, it is not intended for storage of the application bundle itself or for user data files. Application bundles belong in an appropriate /Applications directory, while user data belongs in the user’s home directory."
This makes me question whether /Application might be the appropriate place?
/Applications is typically for GUI applications as opposed to commandline programs. Though again, there are a few examples of toolchains which cross that boundary and use /Applications (e.g., TeX Live). Commandline apps which are deemed sufficiently GUI tend to go in /Applications/Utilities which is another option (not that Haskell really belongs there). -- Live well, ~wren