В сообщении от 11 декабря 2011 09:04:17 вы написали: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Yury G. Kudryashov Replying to the list. > > Hi > > Why are these outside /usr or /usr/local to begin with? It seems like > the initial premise is asking XDG to make an exception which subverts > FHS. Example: a lot of software compiled by one user for many other users (say, on a shared hosting). Why you're against XDG_PLUGIN_DIRS but not XDG_DATA_DIRS and XDG_CONFIG_DIRS? > > Instead, XDG could add `XDG_LOCAL_HOME` / `XDG_LOCAL_DIRS`. That would > be generally helpful in many cases, including yours, albeit not > exactly what was asked for. If XDG_LOCAL_DIRS is a set of prefixes, defaults to /usr/local:/usr and every program should look for plugins/data/config, then it is OK for me. > > Isolating LIBRARY Not libraries (there is LD_LIBRARY_PATH) but dlopen'd plugins. > out special so people can put them willy-nilly > wherever they like sounds like a slippery slope. Will others ask for > XDG_BIN_DIRS, There exists $PATH > XDG_MAN_DIRS, There exists $MANPATH > etc? -- Yury G. Kudryashov, mailto: [email protected]
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