I think (I hope) we are trying to say the same thing here.
On Jan 5, 2008 1:25 AM, Melchior FRANZ <> wrote:
> * Curtis Olson -- 1/2/2008 1:47 PM:
> > On Jan 2, 2008 3:06 AM, Melchior FRANZ <> wrote:
> > > "data/" is optional. It's really a convencience feature for
> > > developers who often have their source and data thrown together,
> > > which users usually don't (or shouldn't).
> >
> > And it also lets users create a complete FlightGear installation under a
> > single relocatable directory ...
>
> Huh? You have to set --fg-root/FG_ROOT either way (unless the data
> are under the hard-coded default directory, of course). So the
> optional data/ dir doesn't really buy you anything. It's just a
> confusion factor, which should at most be an Easter Egg and better
> not be mentioned anywhere. No software (like fgrun) should rely
> on it or use it as default.
>
> m.
>
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