My position is that the directory is fine, and helpful. I use it all the time to setup machines quickly.
Maybe you don't. Then you can ignore it. Louis Fredrickson <[email protected]> wrote: > Was it ever floated to remove examples entirely and move them to www? > I think it would be easier for the forgetful, new and muh power use types > all alike, as worthless and unneccesary as my opinion may be. > > On Sun, 26 Apr 2020, 10:08 Ingo Schwarze, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > clematis wrote on Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:34:14PM +0200: > > > > > But then based on your feedback I wonder if there's even any > > > value of an example file which gives not much more than an already > > > well documented manpage? > > > > We had that discussion among developers at least twice in the past. > > > > If i were the only developer, which very fortunately i'm not, > > i would probably go for fewer files in /etc/examples/. > > > > But there are also several developers who find it quite > > convenient to have a larger number of small example files > > around, for various reasons, for example because it is often > > quicker to get a general feeling for the basic syntax by looking > > at a concise example file compared to reading an abstract > > description in the manual page, and because copy and paste > > from manual pages is somewhat hindered by indentation (don't > > suggest solutions for that, it is not really an issue that > > needs solving). > > > > It hasn't been very productive when i proposed such files > > for deletion, so i tend to not press such issues again. > > > > But that doesn't mean i'd gladly agree to start tripling or > > quadrupling the sizes of existing files without good reasons. > > > > > And again, please don't get me wrong, I don't > > > mean to play devil's advocate but do we even need an > > > /etc/examples/doas.conf? > > > (for all the very valid reasons you've mentioned as well, clarity, > > > existing documentation etc...) > > > > If i remember correctly, there were quite a few developers > > who considered it useful to keep a short examples/doas.conf > > around and didn't like the idea of deleting it. > > > > > I would be tempted to put a few others in the same boat: > > > > Yes, there are certainly a few others were more or less the > > same arguments apply like for doas.conf. > > > > Yours, > > Ingo > > > >
