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Date:      Sat, 16 Aug 1997 19:21:33 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Adam David <adam@veda.is>
To:        wosch@de.freebsd.org (Wolfram Schneider)
Cc:        ache@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-share@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/skel dot.login dot.profile
Message-ID:  <199708161921.TAA02607@ubiq.veda.is>
In-Reply-To: <p1iu3gqosna.fsf@panke.panke.de> from Wolfram Schneider at "Aug 16, 97 09:05:29 pm"

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> >   Remove LANG settings from here, they must be in login classes instead
> 
> I object, for various reasons:
> 
> 1. there is no "must", login classes are optional

There can be a default for all non-class-specified users.

> 2. login classes are not portable, I want share my dot files
>    with different architectures

Is there anything to prevent users defining their own settings
in the dotfiles if they so choose?

> 3. dot files are user defined, login classes are defined by
>    system admins

Some of the settings can be overridden by users.

> 4. the log message lies. You did not remove the variable LANG,
>    you removed the documentation about LANG. There is not
>    reason for removing documentation until it is wrong, confusing
>    or the wrong place.

--
Adam David <adam@veda.is>



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