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Re: GNUstep filesystem spec


From: Dennis Leeuw
Subject: Re: GNUstep filesystem spec
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 12:39:19 +0200

Adam Fedor wrote:

> Dennis Leeuw wrote:
> > Adam Fedor wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I've added a documentation about the GNUstep filesystem layout, based on
> >>  some documentation written by the LinuxStep.org crew, on CVS at
> >>
> >>make/Documentation/filesystem.texi
> >>
> >>and also in the documentation page at:
> >>
> >>http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/filesystem.ps
> >>
> >>If you don't like the way things are set-up, speak now as it will be
> >>much more difficult to change later.
> >
> >
> > Shouldn't CharacterSets, TimeZones and Languages be living in the Library
> > folder instead of in Libraries/Resources? same goes for TextConverters
> >
>
> These are really directories installed and used by gnustep-base. I think
> I could imagine a case where someone would want to install their own
> CharacterSet, so perhaps that should be more general. But the other ones
> really don't seem to need to be in a general 'Library' layout, since
> they would only be installed by the system.

I, to a point, agree on Languages, when I typed it I already had my doubts,
but imho TimeZones might be -base specific, but it is a resource that a user
wants to lookup, to make his system work right. I agree that when everything
is managed by Preferences.app the user couldn't care less about where the
system got it's zone from. But since GNUstep is also very much used as a
non-graphical environment, I think this kind of resources should be easy to
find. They should not be hidden in a sub-directory of a sub-directory.
like /usr/share is THE place to find shared stuff, it's clear and simple.
I think Library should be the equivalent of /usr/share.

Any other opinions, ideas, flames ?

Dennis



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