[openbeosnetteam] Re: our package

"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think that there is no need for such a directory either - the 
> > system 
> > directory itself should only contain the base OS, and no user or 
> > system 
> > settings at all. All components of the OS should come with useful 
> > built
> > -in settings.
> That is what I searched for as the best solution. :)
> I can try to write a small perl script that translates those etc 
> files into structures 
> and then we can import it into our libbind. I cannot imagine that 
> "services" changes 
> often (if at all)I will try to integrate the following into libbind 
> and libnet:
> services

I agree with Lars on the "services" file, though :)

> protocols
> 
> Is /etc/networks only used by "route"? If so, we could possibly drop 
> it? :)

Dunno, but possibly.

> > Anything else should either go to B_COMMON_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY or, 
> > to a 
> > lesser extent, B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY. Since we don't have a 
> > common 
> > directory right now, I would vote for adding one, either just a /
> > boot/
> > config/ folder which contains that stuff or a /boot/common/ folder.
> /boot/system/config would be better, IMHO. That would allow the same 
> naming 
> scheme as in /boot/home/config.

You would have the same under either /boot/config or /boot/common/
config/ - "system" would not be correct, since that should only be the 
system (i.e. /boot/beos/system/), also it would be confusing to have 
two system folders at different places.

> But we already have /boot/system/add-ons. Should we replace it with a 
> link and 
> move the folder to /boot/system/config (or /boot/config?) in order to 
> be more 
> consistent with the /boot/home/config directory structure?

Ah, you are actually confused, too :) The directory you were looking 
for is /boot/beos/system/ - and I don't think this should get another 
config directory.

> > /etc is a symbolic link right now, and we probably can't remove it 
> > either. The point is, that I don't think this directory makes a lot 
> > of 
> > sense. I would better like to separate application data, and 
> > settings.
> > I would suggest to add two new kind of folders to any BeOS system:
> > - B_{COMMON|USER}_DATA_DIRECTORY for most of the stuff which you 
> > can 
> > now find in /etc (keymaps, timezones, etc.) - if you have a better 
> > name 
> > for that, please tell :)
> > The other options I would have are "shared", "database", "storage", 
> > ... 
> > - but I think of these, "data" is best.
> > - B_{COMMON|USER}_CACHE_DIRECTORY for web and other cache data 
> > (persistent but non-critical data)
> > 
> > Any comments or critics? I would really like to see these 
> > directories 
> > with Haiku R1.
> Yes, let's add them. Should they go under /boot/home||system/config/?

Not under "system" - as I tried to say, this should be a static 
directory - one that you can exchange without losing anything but 
features that the installed version delivers or not.
I think they should be under:
        /boot/home/config/
and
        /boot/config/

Bye,
   Axel.

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