Omair Majid wrote:
Hi,
I recently discovered that openjdk creates hidden directories under
/etc/ [1]. I would like to propose that those directories should be
made explicit.
webrev at:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~omajid/webrevs/hidden-dirs-under-etc/01/
The patch modifies the directory names to make them visible by
default. The directory /etc/java/ already exists on many linux
distributions - jpackage uses it - so it seems like a useful
replacement directory.
The patch also renames systemPrefs to system-prefs to make it slightly
more consistent with existing directories under /etc/.
Does anyone have any thoughts or concerns?
I don't think the preferences API is used very often but changing the
default locations will mean that existing preferences are lost (unless
you set java.util.prefs.userRoot and java.util.prefs.systemRoot to their
original location). I'm not sure if it's worth the disruption it might
cause.
-Alan.
