[Dovecot] sysconfdir depreacted

[Noel Butler]

On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 07:28 +0100, Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote:

> :2012-03-22T11:55:Noel Butler:
> 
> > perhaps it should be renamed then, given it violates the known normal
> > for SYSCONF dir, you've just created another form of --datadir
> 
> Not really. The way I see it works as expected. The sysconf dir is the


Then you and I and a few other devs involved in other very well known
bits of software that everyone likely uses, will have to agree to
disagree

"sysconfdir"

        
        The directory for installing read-only data files that pertain
        to a single machine–that is to say, files for configuring a
        host. Mailer and network configuration files, ‘/etc/passwd’, and
        so forth belong here. All the files in this directory should be
        ordinary ASCII text files. This directory should normally be
        ‘/usr/local/etc’, but write it as ‘$(prefix)/etc’. (If you are
        using Autoconf, write it as ‘@sysconfdir@’.)



> root of the configuration dir. Then if the app so chooses uses it's own
> directory structure under that. Considering that by default dovecot uses
> dovecot/dovecot.conf and dovecot/conf.d I don't see anything wrong here.
> 


By default as of only 2.something, not in 0.x not in 1.0.x not in 1.1.x
and not in 1.2.x

I've said all I'm going to say on the mater, I got three emails offlist
from others here agreeing with me, shame they didn't do it on-list, but
I respect their right to remain silent so as not to endure the wrath of
Timo and certain other cretins well known for having nothing else better
to do.


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