[phobos] problem solved

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday 28 January 2011 12:19:56 spir wrote:
> On 01/28/2011 08:32 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> >> Exactly; there should definitely/config (for /all/  user definable
> >> config
> >> 
> >> >  files). That's one of the numerous points showing how the std Unix
> >> >  filesystem hierarchy is designed for sysadmins, not for users ;-)
> > 
> > And why would I want /config for all users? The config files in $HOME are
> > user- specific and have no business being  system specific. It's /etc
> > that has system specific config files. And maybe /config would have been
> > a better name than /etc, but I don't think that a  name change would
> > help anything at this point. Regardless, I_want_  my user-specific
> > settings to be user-specific. I see_zero_ benefit in putting them in
> > /config. That makes no sense to me whatsoever.
> 
> Indeed. I did not write "all users" but "all user definable config files".
> Maybe should have added a hyphen "all user-definable config files"? I did
> not mean that all users should have the same configs, lol! rather that
> user configs should be in a /config folder (inside their home); thus files
> (1) don't clutter their home folder (2) don't need be hidden.

/config would indicate that the config is in / rather than $HOME. Having a config 
directory inside of $HOME makes good sense. Putting a config directory in / does 
not.

- Jonathan M Davis