Re: Template files location

2005-08-10 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, A Large Angry SCM wrote: > Rather than changing the default install location in such a way as to make > half the user unhappy, make everybody (un)happy by removing the default > and forcing it to be specified when make is executed. Lots of stuff installs to /usr/local if not stated otherwise.

Re: Template files location

2005-08-09 Thread Petr Baudis
Dear diary, on Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 07:33:02PM CEST, I got a letter where Junio C Hamano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> told me that... > *2* And I am sure many others shared the same objection but did > not even bother to say anything because what Johannes said made > a lot of sense and what the patch did wa

Re: Template files location

2005-08-05 Thread A Large Angry SCM
Junio C Hamano wrote: ... If the template files are to become something that always have to exist, /etc first and then falling back on /usr/share would make a lot of sense. But as Johannes Schindelin correctly argued against the "Use the template mechanism to set up refs/ hierarchy as well." pat

Re: Template files location

2005-08-05 Thread Junio C Hamano
Petr Baudis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any reason why that's not the default destination then? Inertia, installing things under $HOME, is why it is not the default. It may be that the project is mature enough that it is time to move away from default installation in HOME, IOW to change the Ma