[Gnu-arch-users] Re: {arch} directory

[Miles Bader]

Dustin Sallings <address@hidden> writes:
>       I think the directory thread kinda died of naturally with no 
> resolution.  Is there any chance of anyone budging on this stuff?  The 
> only argument that I've seen in favor of it is visibility, but there 
> have been a few demonstrated disadvantages (including visibility).
> 
>       I fear that it's going to keep coming up, so if we can't rename it, 
> it'd be nice to at least have a strong argument in favor of it to 
> prevent another thread like this in the future.

I don't think it's right to rename it -- whether it's good or bad seems
more a matter of personal taste than anything else -- so at best, I
think tla might support both {arch} and .arch, and allow project
maintainers to use whichever they prefer.  Note that it's basically
fixed for each project (i.e., it can't be a _user_ preference), because
changesets include explicitly named references to files underneath that
directory.

-Miles
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