From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F3uia-0004mz-VD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:34:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id k0VCY0jj031153; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:34:00 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k0VCW6ac009658 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:32:06 GMT Received: from [213.121.151.206] (helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1F3ug2-00050M-1w for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:32:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.54) id 1F3ufx-0002LL-TV for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:32:01 +0000 Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:31:58 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Default Ebuild behaviour Message-ID: <20060131123158.276847a4@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200601311211.59355.strerror@gentoo.org> References: <200601311211.59355.strerror@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0-rc4 (GTK+ 2.8.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_YsD3coN153_a_4r_s6dK.dN; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 491e24b3-0c9d-4a7b-b301-70fdf3e058c1 X-Archives-Hash: 2ca21bb77ddef2efdece16e3b152633e --Sig_YsD3coN153_a_4r_s6dK.dN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:11:49 +0000 "Benjamin Smee (strerror)" wrote: | While I understand various developers concerns about cluttering /etc | (especially embedded), I don't see why this should stop the policy of | writting ebuilds that work and have expected tools around them. | Precisely what that constitutes is the real question. See, you're not really taking into account the cost of sticking files in /etc. For packages where an etc entry is low cost, it's already done. For things like bash completion and log rotation, the cost of installing a file into /etc can be extremely high, so it shouldn't be forced upon system administrators unless they ask for it. The same goes for cron entries for packages where the cron part isn't a core operation. What would be nice is a ban on .example files in anywhere covered by CONFIG_PROTECT. We have /usr/share/doc/ for those. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (King of all Londinium) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Sig_YsD3coN153_a_4r_s6dK.dN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD31jB96zL6DUtXhERAvbsAKCM2yFLzdoBzfMAWyphIRQsj/4gPACg1Nl3 TmIBmy8VA2AjEGVhrbkDsTU= =BVSE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_YsD3coN153_a_4r_s6dK.dN-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list