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Date:      Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:43:33 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 194305] databases/mariadb55-server (probably mysql too) ignores datadir directive in my.cnf
Message-ID:  <bug-194305-13-ItBqvKL1r5@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #12 from MMacD <scratch65535@att.net> ---
"because that's how its been done in the past" is not legitimate reason not=
 to
ask now."

Ages ago, I was one of the hundreds who packed an auditorium to hear the la=
te
Prof. Sir Maurice Wilkes talk about standards.  He raised a positive roar of
laughter with his opening remark that "the really nice thing about setting a
standard is that it forces everyone who comes after us to make the same mis=
take
we did".  He then went on to talk about good and bad standards, what criter=
ia
should be met before abandoning them, etc.  We all talked for weeks after a=
bout
the issues he raised and points he made.

If I seem overly testy about this topic, I apologise.  But it's caused me q=
uite
a bit of trouble over the years.

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