On Thursday 10 Feb 2005 16:01, Alexander Wirt wrote:
>
> > * Ted Zlatanov wrote:
> >>>- I was not expecting the sample configs to go in /etc/X11/ion3.
> >>>  Maybe this is a Debian thing, but it's really strange IMO that
> >>>  there isn't even a link to them in /usr or /usr/local somewhere.

Windowmaker does the same..  That said, were ION ever ported to something like 
directfb, the 'X11' bit wouldn't make sense anymore, and there's nothing 
wrong with "/etc/ion3" in the FHS.

Incidentally, software *packages* should NEVER touch /usr/local, since this is 
where you're supposed to safely put your own stuff without packages 
overwriting it.

> /usr/etc isn't even mentioned in the FHS

For an application installed under '/usr', this wouldn't be entirely unheard 
of, but since some people like to make '/usr' readonly (on thin client 
stations, it's not even local!), it would probably annoy a lot of people. 

> Ah /etc/X11 is even mentioned as a place for config files from windows
> manager:
>
>  Subdirectories of /etc/X11 may include those for xdm and for any  other
> programs (some window managers, for example) that need    them.

Correct, but not obligatory :-)

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