Re: XDG Base Directory Specification ignores installation directories

[Gavin Smith]

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 04:11:52PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> This is quite unrelated, but I still think that we should split current
> DATADIR/texinfo content in two, add DATADIR/texi2any for Perl modules,
> js files, Perl external modules, ext and init files shipped with
> texi2any.  That way we can use DATADIR/texinfo only for files that
> could, at least theoretically, be shared across implementations.  That
> would be htmlxref.cnf files, maybe the Texinfo DTD, could also be some
> icon images for directions, CSS files examples, and, in a distant
> future, even init files if they can be shared among implementations.

I am happy with the idea of using DATADIR/texi2any although another option
to consider is to use a subdirectory, DATADIR/texinfo/texi2any, instead.