Re: (REPOST) user-specific package configuration information
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 03:25:25PM -0700, sandy pond wrote:
> Presently the storage location for user-specific
> package configuration information is in user home
> directories in many various "." files or
> sub-directories (e.g. ".vimrc", ".gnome"). Please
> consider the following possibilities:
You're proposing that we make a fairly fundamental change to where
most packages place their user-specific configuration information,
which is normally in the top-level of the user's home directory.
While there's some merit to making changes such like this, there are a
couple of things to consider. (1) most packages will not be LSB
compliant packages; packages provided by distributions don't have to
follow the LSB guidelines. (2) The backwards compatibility challenges
here are quite significant; most users and programs expect that
certain files, such as .bashrc, .emacs.el, .newsrc, etc., live in the
top-level home directory. (3) Often, dot files are shared between
multiple packages. Examples include .newsrc, .mime.types, and so on.
- Ted
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