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

Wanderlei Antonio Cavassin

2008-05-14

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Em Wed, May 14, 2008 at 07:21:00PM +0200, Olivier Blin escreveu:
> 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

Paulo, we have to choose ;)
It's better to keep some data in /etc than moving config stuff
to /usr.

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Cavassin
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