r.black@??? said:
} If Philip were to change the default configuration for Linux to fit
} in with the fsstnd then surely he should also change the
} configurations for other operating systems to fit in with their
} default ways of working. I can see several problems with this.
Thats not actually what I meant. My own view is I don't care what
the defaults are because I can (and probably will) always override
them. When I maintained smail, the suggested default locations were
not at all similar to the set I used on my own systems! [Ian Jackson
and I did however add a set of suggested Linux locations - which are
pretty much what I did use on Linux]
Frankly, as long as the documentation is adequate, this is a
non-problem.
People producing binary packages for specific systems will of course
mangle things as they see fit - all well and good!
How come the relatively minor things always seem to geberate the most
traffic :-)
Nigel.
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