On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 8:14 AM Johannes Kastl <mail@johannes-kastl.de> wrote:
On 21.11.24 17:11 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
For me it is the change to putting things in a hidden folder. Obviously I can do as I please. But the idea that hiding programs is somehow acceptable (after all, the distro likes to set it up that way) is what I object to.
But that is not what this change is about. The usage of ~/.local/bin/ is already a thing and is unrelated to this, even without the change.
If it is .local instead of bin, then that is exactly what it is about, as I see it. What is the benefit of .local/bin over bin? $HOME clutter is not a good reason. Look at all the desktop folders that are set up. Maybe some of them could go away. Does anyone really store their videos in $HOME/Videos? Or their MP3s in $HOME/Music? Or their documents in $HOME/Documents? etc. It makes no difference to me as I will continue with bin. But then people will say that not using .local/bin is bad design as, after all, it is set up for each user. I suggest that placing binaries that are in your $PATH in a hidden folder is bad design. -- Roger Oberholtzer