On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 4:08 AM Richard Brown
On Wed, 2019-07-31 at 14:01 +0930, Simon Lees wrote:
Let me add: we should not interfere with libostree based projects (which would make libostree based projects unfeasible for our platform, especially since some Fedora-based projects adapt this already).
So this is enough evidence of not using /usr/etc, no matter how much we all agree on this choice otherwise, isn't it?
I tend to agree, OSTree is being used for rpm-ostree which seems to be worked on by fedora / CoreOS people, so if that is a block from them ever being able to ever swap to /usr/etc long term even if we can't convince them away from /usr/lib in the short term then it seems like a poor choice, even if it makes the most sense for users.
I have also never looked at libostree so maybe us using /usr/etc for other things won't directly interfere with it.
I have a good working relationship with the rpm-ostree folks through my work I did with moving /var/lib/rpm
That case had a number of similarities with that one, and I managed to persuade them to accomodate our changes then
I don't expect this time will be any different - we should do as we did in that case, pick the best solution for us, based on our world as we see it, and then work with others.
So I'm still all for /usr/etc to solve our problems.
They haven't even made the switch from /usr/share/rpm to /usr/lib/sysimage/rpm yet, and that one is relatively "easy" to do. I suspect it'll be much harder to get them (and other OSTree users) to change so that /usr/etc is free for this purpose. I'm not as confident about getting that through, but we can *try*. That said, I'm surprised that there is an aspect of Linux you're shy about! I wish we *could* rename /etc to /cfg or /config now... It's much more meaningful than "et cetera"... But one step at a time! So again, I support /usr/config or /usr/cfg (in that order of preference). -- 真実はいつも一つ!/ Always, there's only one truth! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org