On Tuesday 07 February 2006 11:17, Kevin Krammer wrote: > Maybe freedeskop.org should specify a file where the variables have to be > defined, something like /etc/xdg.conf > > Something like > "if environment variable XDG_DATA_DIRS is set, use the directories listed > there to look for file. If not set check /etc/xdg.conf. If not present > there either, assume defaults" > > That would allow to override normal settings by setting XDG_DATA_DIRS, > allow a central location for additions of the base environment and have the > fallback used as now.
this is what i've been asking for since 3.4 and the beginning of the flood of XDG_DATA_DIRS-not-set-correctly related bugs on bugs.kde.org. i'd really like to see this happen because both ISVs and users struggle with the environment variable approach. since so many people struggle with it, i'd suggest that's empirical evidence that it sucks ;) -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 Full time KDE developer sponsored by Trolltech (http://www.trolltech.com)
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