From: Wyatt Epp <wyatt.epp@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: FHS or not (WAS: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-03-11)
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 15:16:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPCkgLn5XG-bHX4GwkWiXTb-3ri3hoQV1kkcpKXpYzHSNdo+7Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAr7Pr-tjATaiTH1Htde6y5p3EG6157t=wHPWz7=ccPYjWCALg@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> Many of the config files are large, and splitting them into segments makes
> it easier to read.
>
Ah, no, impedance mismatch. Split configs are easy-- /etc/env.d/ took
something like two minutes to grasp years ago.
To clarify, I was more dismayed by the whole "If you want to know the
configuration run this purpose-built utility that ends up spitting out
a bunch of text anyway rather than just looking at the files" part.
If the _only_ way to get the config for something is ever to run a
specific command specifically tailored for that purpose, then it's
evidence of a truly shocking and advanced sadism (not to mention a
complete and utter failure of software engineering as a discipline).
Cheers,
Wyatt
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2014-02-28 15:59 ` [gentoo-dev] FHS or not (WAS: [gentoo-project] Call for agenda items - Council meeting 2014-03-11) hasufell
2014-02-28 17:59 ` Rich Freeman
2014-02-28 18:09 ` William Hubbs
2014-02-28 21:57 ` David Leverton
2014-03-01 0:03 ` William Hubbs
2014-03-01 0:18 ` Alon Bar-Lev
2014-03-01 5:20 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-03-01 6:40 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
2014-03-01 6:41 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-03-01 0:24 ` [gentoo-dev] " David Leverton
2014-03-01 0:47 ` William Hubbs
2014-03-01 2:47 ` Wyatt Epp
2014-03-01 3:31 ` William Hubbs
2014-03-01 6:48 ` [gentoo-dev] " Steven J. Long
2014-03-01 8:55 ` Duncan
2014-03-01 16:06 ` William Hubbs
2014-03-01 18:11 ` Gilles Dartiguelongue
2014-03-02 16:49 ` Peter Stuge
2014-03-02 17:51 ` William Hubbs
2014-03-03 9:17 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-03-01 18:31 ` Alec Warner
2014-03-02 18:19 ` Rich Freeman
2014-03-03 8:35 ` Wyatt Epp
2014-03-03 16:10 ` Alec Warner
2014-03-03 20:16 ` Wyatt Epp [this message]
2014-03-03 21:13 ` Rich Freeman
2014-03-04 5:58 ` Samuli Suominen
2014-03-01 3:57 ` [gentoo-dev] " Joshua Kinard
2014-03-01 23:10 ` Michał Górny
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