[openbeos] Re: unrar

"Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> "Mikael Jansson (mailing lists)" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I think we can all agree on adding the necessary rules to 
> > > Expander, 
> > > and leave the inclusion of the executable to the maker of the 
> > > distribution.
> > Do we even have to add the rules to Expander itself? I thought 
> > these 
> > things were done by the user-defined expander rules in .../config/
> > etc.
> 
> Like every good application, Expander should have some decent 
> defaults 
> when run without settings. Ideally, the settings file should be 
> created 
> only when your configuration deviates from the defaults.
> 
Agreed, but the decent defaults might just as well live in the 
B_SYSTEM_ETC directory, for easier upgrades? Although, I guess that 
makes the binary dependant on external data which might not be what we 
want -- I'm not very involved in the details.

--
Mikael Jansson
http://mikael.jansson.be

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