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

Gustavo De Nardin (spuk)

2008-05-14

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* Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade <pcpa@(protected)]:
> Anssi Hannula wrote:
> >pcpa wrote:
> >
> >>Log:
> >>o Update to latest git "server-1.4-branch".
> >>o Update %%pre script to finish moving <basedir>/X11 files to
> >>%%{_datadir}/X11.
> >> The script has been updated to a recursive version because moving
> >> relative
> >> symlinks may leave broken ones.
> >>o Also change /usr/X11R6 from a real directory to a symlink to /usr.
--8<--
> >
> >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.
> 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 xfs is obsolete.

And everything will suddenly be 33% faster, always work, and be harder to
debug (who needs debugging when everything just works, right?), as everyone
knows that's just the case with dynamic-auto-foo stuff. :]
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