All interested in release goals, I suggest we move this thread over to -policy, where it belongs, IMHO..
On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Scott McDermott wrote: > Raul Miller on Mon, Jul 27, 1998 at 02:05:21PM -0400: > > > Are there any relevant programs that do not support MANPATH and > > > INFOPATH? > > > > Yes. There are also programs that don't support /etc/manpath.config > > This raises a question: why is this not in `/usr/etc/'? In fact should > not everything with a bin in `/usr/bin/' also have an rcfile in > `/usr/etc/' ? And the same for `/usr/local/'? This strikes me as common > sense for partitioning things, makes it straightforward. Does no one > agree with this? Not really. /usr is ideally a) read-only in normal system use and b)shareable between machines of identical architecture. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
