Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. Summary: Review Request: avrdude -Software for programming Atmel AVR Microcontroller https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230324 ------- Additional Comments From rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx 2007-02-28 11:53 EST ------- (In reply to comment #12) > (In reply to comment #11) > > (In reply to comment #10) > > > (In reply to comment #9) > > > Because its unnecessary deviating from upstream, upstreams docs / FAQ's > > > mailinglist advice will say look at / edit /etc/avrdude.conf and it won't be > > there. > > Now you've lost me. Upstream lack of insight/experience as argument ?!? > > > > No staying close to upstream as argument al by itself, We are supposed to be system integrators. It's our job to integrate/customize a package in such a way it fits best (what ever this means) into a system. This exactly is the reason why configure scripts exist and why configure scripts supply a --sysconfdir option. It's our job to choose what we think is best. My experience tells me /etc/<file> is a mistake, because many other packages commited the same mistake before and regretted it. > just like we want to use > the upstream <prefix>/<target> dir for gcc cross compilers amongst other > things to not deviate from upstream. Nope, not deviating from upstream is not the point wrt. <prefix>/target The real reasons are * prefix/target is an established defacto standard for > decade, predating the FHS/LSB. * like many other "exotic" items and details it is missing from the FHS/LSB. * prefix/target is not a configuration item. It's hard-coded and almost impossible to change. I'd be more than pleased to see this changed, but ... it's simply non-trivial and non-realistic. > Now if upstream but the config file under /usr/etc > I would the first to say @#$% upstream and move that file to a better place, but > there is _nothing_ wrong with upstream's placing in this case, so why move it > and confuse users? Cf. above. It's our job. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-review mailing list Fedora-package-review@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-review