3 Oct
2008
3 Oct
'08
2:25 a.m.
Phillip J. Eby wrote:
Where data files are concerned, however, a developer should only need to distinguish between read-only, read-write, and samples, because any finer-grained distinction that relies on platform-specific concepts (like locale directories) is probably going to be error-prone.
However, if we don't allow for such distinctions, then people who e.g. are passionate about their locale files ending up in the right place on Linux aren't going to be happy. -- Greg