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Re: [Cooker] Re: /etc/X11 moved to /usr/share/X11

Olivier Blin

2008-05-14

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Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade <pcpa@(protected):

>> I'm strongly against moving configuration files such as xorg.conf into
>> /usr/share/X11. This is in a clear violation of FHS and our general policy.
>> There should be *no* configuration files under /usr.
>>  
> I see the reasoning on /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /etc/X11/fs/config.
> Everything else, while being a "system wide default configuration
> file", is most likely to never be changed, or there is an alternative
> for a per user customization file.

While I agree that some scripts are not configuration files and could
be moved to /usr/share/X11 (xinit.d/*, xsetup.d/*), we still want the
system administrator to be able to add more scripts in /etc/X11, like
Pixel points out.
It's also true for /etc/X11/wmsession.d/, where an admin might want to
add more sessions, without messing with /usr

> Maybe xorg.conf will still be used when we upgrade to X Server 1.5,
> but a signficant portion of it will be handled by dbus/hal, and
> xfs is obsolete.

What if one wants to switch from non-free to free driver for example?

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