On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Don Armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jun 2011, Trans wrote: >> What migration issues? > > Every single configuration-reading program will have to read user > configuration in two different places, move existing configuration > files so that it is clear to users which configuration file will take > precedence, and then at some point in the future, stop reading > configuration files in the old location.
There is no compulsion in this. Its a "recommendation" or if that's too much, a "suggestion". Developers could implement at leisure and it's not hard to support both old and new --a nice slow migration path. > Complicate this by the fact that many people keep their home > directories in version control systems[1] and otherwise modify > existing behavior, and that for some of these programs, the > configuration can lead to inaccessible or nearly unusable systems. I'm sure that's possible regardless. Moreover the base directories are user configurable, so how would this prevent using vcs home? > I would imagine that we're talking about at least an hours worth of > work for every single program, with some serious additional design > work on top to deal with other problems which I haven't foreseen in > the brief period I spent writing this mail. All for little benefit. I think there is a fair bit of benefit. And I think many people are starting too see it too. This thread alone is a good indication of that. That said, I have given a good bit of thought to the XDG directory standard and believe that ultimate adoption as an FHS standard requires that it undergo some refinement. I actually joined this list just a couple of days ago to discuss this, and lo I discovered this thread already in progress. Even so I think at least suggesting the directory standards in the FHS home/ directory section is a very reasonable action at this point in time, as it is becoming an increasingly recognized practice. _______________________________________________ fhs-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss
