From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: RFC - cleaning up /etc Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:57:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <20140109140226.57D6C38085A@snark.thyrsus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1389286658 22926 80.91.229.3 (9 Jan 2014 16:57:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 16:57:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers To: esr@thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 09 17:57:45 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1W1IvK-0005Mw-Lk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:57:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1IvH-0000vB-Q0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:57:35 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56422) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1IvE-0000ui-Jf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:57:33 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1IvC-00042d-EH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:57:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37486) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1IvC-00042Z-BB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:57:30 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W1IvB-0000bK-Fx; Thu, 09 Jan 2014 11:57:29 -0500 X-Spook: Glock event security New World Order BLU-97 A/B ASLET X-Ran: =BV2$*j,5^GSHm<~61~Zrs\/@I!k4-$*M&]PC/Cr,K:Tp}l.BgrO[7{bG4F/I,5QLUPVc- X-Hue: blue X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <20140109140226.57D6C38085A@snark.thyrsus.com> (Eric S. Raymond's message of "Thu, 9 Jan 2014 09:02:26 -0500 (EST)") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:167934 Archived-At: Eric S. Raymond wrote: > I propose to fix this with a reorganization. /etc should be the data > directory for files used by Lisp and programs in the suite. The files > meant exclusively for human browsing - the jokes, the cookie recipe, > the Manifesto, the hacking guides - should move to a new directory > designated for such content. Does not seem like a good idea to me.