On Friday 28 January 2011 12:19:56 spir wrote: > On 01/28/2011 08:32 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > >> Exactly; there should definitely/config (for /all/ user definable > >> config > >> > >> > files). That's one of the numerous points showing how the std Unix > >> > filesystem hierarchy is designed for sysadmins, not for users ;-) > > > > And why would I want /config for all users? The config files in $HOME are > > user- specific and have no business being system specific. It's /etc > > that has system specific config files. And maybe /config would have been > > a better name than /etc, but I don't think that a name change would > > help anything at this point. Regardless, I_want_ my user-specific > > settings to be user-specific. I see_zero_ benefit in putting them in > > /config. That makes no sense to me whatsoever. > > Indeed. I did not write "all users" but "all user definable config files". > Maybe should have added a hyphen "all user-definable config files"? I did > not mean that all users should have the same configs, lol! rather that > user configs should be in a /config folder (inside their home); thus files > (1) don't clutter their home folder (2) don't need be hidden.
/config would indicate that the config is in / rather than $HOME. Having a config directory inside of $HOME makes good sense. Putting a config directory in / does not. - Jonathan M Davis _______________________________________________ phobos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/phobos
