On 07/26/10 01:36 PM, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
On 07/26/10 09:32, Peter Memishian wrote:
This proposed change solves no architecural problem with the system
that I
can find (the directory is aptly named "/etc", though our use of it has
become more refined with time). However, it may well require customers to
retrain fingers and update scripts that have worked for decades. If even
one customer is inconvenienced by these changes, I'd argue the cost has
already exceeded the benefit. Yes, we can break things, but that doesn't
mean we should do so frivolously.
I'm with meem on this. I see little value-add here and a lot of
hard-to-quantify risk from deleting these.
If we have to do something, move the /etc compat symlinks to an optional
package or package facet that people who want "cleanliness" can
uninstall or disable at their own risk.
I like the idea of moving these compatibility symlinks to a separate
package, though my preference would be that it *not* be installed by
default.
Regardless of what happens with the symlinks in /etc, this discussion
has pointed out an actual problem that should be fixed: The PATH
settings in /etc/skel are outdated. That's just a bug that should be
fixed even if this case doesn't go forward. I've taken the liberty of
filing CR 6972273.
Scott
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