Re: base-files 1.6 (source all) uploaded to master
Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi> wrote:
> > > Yes, but remeber that changes in /etc/skel affect only users that
> > > are added in the system _after_ the change. Exeisting users will
> > > still have old files. I still wonder, what it helps to put global
> > > configuration in user-specific files.
On Thu, Apr 09, 1998 at 11:42:30AM -0400, Raul Miller wrote:
> > Then you're saying that the point is not so much new users but existing
> > users.
Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi> wrote:
> Nooooooo... I mean those who new to linux in general and install it in their
> own computers. For them it doesn't matter if it is in the .bash_profile or
> in the /etc/profile. However, any large site admin will curse you to the
> lowest hell, if something is in every 20 000 users home dir what could be a
> single line in a single file. And if we ever decide to change /etc/skel
> stuff, it will only affect the users added after the change, and all
> previous users will be stuck with the old system. But if the change is
> done in /etc/profile, all users will be affected. Did I make myself
> clear?
No. I think I understood what you said, but it doesn't make sense.
(1) The files already exist in debian. You're not saving any space by
not using them.
(2) The administrators of such a site are perfectly capable of deleting
the files and/or editting /etc/profile. Frankly, I don't see why you're
trying to tune debian for this case.
(3) I don't think it's a good idea to change the prompt on people who
have been using the system for a while. Why make gratuitous changes?
(4) The old users will not be stuck with the old system, and are free
to specify whatever prompt they want. Since there is no "one true
prompt", I expect that more would be gained by giving people a set
of samples to choose from.
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Raul
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