Re: [lmi] Should xml files be installed to a separate directory?

[Evgeniy Tarassov]

On 11/11/06, Greg Chicares <address@hidden> wrote:
> Now that we've got all these new xml files, I'm trying to
> figure out whether it's really useful to install them (and
> our older wxxrc and xslt files) to a separate directory,
> like '/usr/share/sgml' or '/usr/share/xml'. IOW, we've got
>   configurable_settings::xsl_directory()
> for reading these files from a special location, and I'm
> thinking of simplifying the code by deleting that. But I
> don't want to delete it if it really is a better idea to
> use a separate directory when installing under *nix.
> (Does anyone really do that for wxxrc files anyway?)
>
> We've been using '/opt/lmi/data' for wxxrc files anyway,
> and I'm thinking of just putting all xml files there.

The only reason xsl_directory was added is to allow xml resources to
live in a separate directory than data files (*.xrc, *.xpm, etc),
which could be used to:
- use some sort of skins for lmi output
- keep xml resources with xsl-fo processor

So, as you have stated above, this is unnecessary and it only
complicates the code.