[Fedora Robotics] RFC: Location for Player config files

[Toby Collett]

Hi,
Those config files are basically examples of how to set up config files, or
starting points to bootstrap from. At least this is how I believe most
people use them. Thats why /usr/share was chosen. Possibly they should be in
/usr/share/doc?

Toby

2009/10/23 Hedayat Vatankhah <hedayatv at gmail.com>

>
>
> On ۰۹/۱۰/۲۳  02:21, Tim Niemueller wrote:
>
>> On 23.10.2009 00:14, Hedayat Vatankhah wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>
>> Hi Hedayat, thanks for the quick reply!
>>
>>
>>
> :)
>
>  If all what I said applies to these configuration files, I think they
>>> completely satisfy "read only architecture independent data files".
>>>
>>>
>> I thought about your reasoning. But there are device files and the like
>> specified in the config files which may change.
>>
> Well, if they are going to be modified themselves then /usr is not an
> appropriate location.
>
>   Additionally to create a
>> new configuration most of the time you start by copying an existing
>> config file, being able to do this in the very same directory makes
>> things simpler. Additionally having some config files in /usr/share and
>> some in /etc seems odd.
>>
>>
> If player allows; people will probably put their own config files in their
> home directories or something like that. There is no need to put them in
> /etc.
>
> Anyway, thanks for your efforts;
> Hedayat
>
>> I'd like to hear more opinions, but I tend to the /etc solution atm.
>>
>> Regards,
>>        Tim
>>
>>
>>
>
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