On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote: > > I like 1 much better. Somehow it feels cleaner (i.e. more integrated) to me, > and in an ideal world, I would like ports to be proper ports, including the > porting of where settings are located and so on. If a port is done quick and > dirty, let the struggle for survival take care of it. I agree. In addition I was once a fan of the union-fs idea (because well it sounds pretty cool.) But now that you and François mention it I agree it does not make sense and is not secure to allow packages (or anyone else except Haiku) write to the package/application directories. So I think the approach you have outlined is good. -- Regards, Ryan