From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 07:25:31 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7C2E16A417 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@FreeBSD.org) Received: from galain.elvandar.org (galain.elvandar.org [217.148.169.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E2413C44B for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.we-dare.net ([127.0.0.1] helo=galain.elvandar.org) by galain.elvandar.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Iy0Fe-000FZ2-M8; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:25:30 +0100 Received: from 194.74.82.3 (SquirrelMail authenticated user remko) by galain.elvandar.org with HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:25:30 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <17978.194.74.82.3.1196407530.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:25:30 +0100 (CET) From: "Remko Lodder" To: "Alexander Leidinger" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of /etc/skel, your opinions please X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:25:31 -0000 On Thu, November 29, 2007 10:47 am, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > Quoting Remko Lodder (from Wed, 28 Nov 2007 > 22:21:06 +0100): > >> >> Dear arch@ members, >> >> I would like to remove /etc/skel from the BSD.root.dist mtree file >> since it is no longer being used and I would like to remove unused >> items. >> >> I understood from a PR (46062) that there are no references to this >> directory any longer. There is a proposal to symlink this; but I dont >> want to keep this alive at all where possible.. >> >> Does anyone have objections to this change? If so, please let me know >> why you have these objections so that I can take them into account. > > Not an objection, just something to think about: Do we want to > deprecate the use of "adduser -k /etc/skel"? I know you said you just > want to remove the directory, and every admin is allowed to create it > again, but by removing the directory from the mtree file, we give a > signal into the direction of deprecation. > > Bye, > Alexander. > > -- Hello Alexander, You do have a point there actually :-), what we can do in the install phase (initially "make distribution", later on when the system is already installed, manage this through "mergemaster") is install all files from /usr/share/skel to /etc/skel and actually use it. If we dont want to do that, why should we keep on carrying the directory then? Cheers remko -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News