[csw-pkgsubmissions] newpkgs bar

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Phil,

Am 28.04.2011 um 22:29 schrieb Philip Brown:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote:
> ....
>>> that, is a very confusingly named file.
>>> old version of package does not have such a thing. of any name.
>>> 
>>> Maybe its better to just stick to shoving some sample barrc in
>>> /opt/csw/share/doc/bar
>> 
>> Why? The template is very useful, you just have to uncomment stuff.
> 
> 
> Isnt it fair to say, that a majority of people, are NOT going to
> bother uncommenting stuff?
> Isnt it also fair to say, that they will have no idea of looking at
> /etc/opt/csw/clpbarrc
> (rather than /etc/opt/csw/barrc. If they even realize there's an "rc" at all)
> without going and reading docs?

This is precisely documented in the manpage.

> Its my opinion, that it is better *not* to clutter up /etc directories
> with files that will most likely never be used. It gets in the way of
> people seeing what actually *is* being used.
> 
> Does that sound reasonable?

No :-) Personally I don't care about stuff in /etc, having a functional
template is good practice which I already use for some packages (like PCA).


Best regards

  -- Dago