>> On Nov 5, 2014, at 03:57, Richard Frith-Macdonald
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On 5 Nov 2014, at 08:46, Wolfgang Lux <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Am 04.11.2014 um 21:06 schrieb Gregory Casamento
>>>> <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> Revisiting something from WAAAAY in the past, I'm wondering if this
>>> shouldn't be reconsidered....
>>>
>>> Given that we have people using tools on Linux such as this one...
>>>
>>> https://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/
>>>
>>> WIth issues like this:
>>>
>>> https://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/issues/detail?id=644
>>>
>>> Should we at least provide the option to hide the directory or,
>>> possibly, make it hidden by default? There's no real reason why it
>>> needs to be exposed. Any thoughts guys?
>>
>> Of course there is a reason for ~/GNUstep to not be hidden. There is
>> ~/GNUstep/Applications and ~/GNUstep/Tools which are both convenient
>> locations to install applications and tools in your own home directory
>> (passing GNUSTEP_INSTALLATION_DOMAIN=USER to the make command).
>
> Yes, I'm not sure there's any reason to change the *default* directory
> layouts ... for many people putting everything in a single GNUstep
> subdirectory makes perfect sense, and no one config will please everyone.
> However, encouraging distributions (and other interested people) to
> contribute their own filesystem layout files for inclusion in gnustep-make
> seems good.
One aspect not yet mentioned is that WindowMaker also creates and uses
~/GNUStep. See: [ http://windowmaker.org/FAQ.php?chapter=3#73 ]. It's a
well-intentioned misappropriation.
Given that there is at least some WindowMaker activity going on again, any
attempt to change or develop advice for distribution maintainers ought to
coordinate with those guys, else GNUStep will get blamed for creating the
directory anyway when WindowMaker is involved.
It is still a great, lightweight window manager for those of us that have to
work remotely over X11.
--Robert
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