On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:16 AM, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi there, > > I just wanted to ask if there are reservations against the following > suggestions: > > 1) rename /boot/beos/ to /boot/system/ > 2) move the contents of /boot/beos/system/ to the new /boot/system/ > 3) move everything from /etc that is not POSIX to the > B_BEOS_DATA_DIRECTORY directory (ie. /boot/system/data/). That would > affect: joystick, artwork, keymaps, ... > 4) move /etc/fonts/ to /boot/system/fonts/ > 5) introduce B_SYSTEM_*_DIRECTORY aliases for the B_BEOS_*_DIRECTORY > constants (which are then either removed or phased out) > > I know that at least 1) has the potential to cause incompatibilities > with existing BeOS applications. But since I assume that we want to > switch a directory a such earlier or later anyway, doing so before our > first release sounds like the way to go for me. > If it really turns out to be a problem, we can still add symlinks that > make the stuff available at the old locations (but who is supposed to > mess with /boot/beos/ anyway?). > > Any comments? > > Bye, > Axel. > > > It's ok with me. If/when it happens we'll post a notice/reminder on HaikuPorts to watch for any refs to the old locations and update them going forward, just as we did with the move to /boot/common. -scottmc