Return of config files to ^/etc

[Cy Schubert]

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, Oliver Pinter writes:
> On Friday, February 14, 2020, Kyle Evans <kevans at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've organized a review[0] to return most config files back to etc/.
> > Many people were concerned about the mass exodus of etc/, and many
> > have expressed a desire (privately or otherwise) for these files to
> > return- some of these folks represent downstreams or consumer projects
> > that went through the painful move the first time and would happily go
> > through the pain again to restore the status quo.
> >
> > This does mean that we'd end up with a structure that's not compatible
> > with stable/12, but is compatible with every branch before it.
> >
> > If you have an opinion for or against. please speak up now. I'd like
> > to make sure we're moving in the correct direction as a developer
> > community.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kyle Evans
> >
> > [0] https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23690
>
>
> A very big yes. Please do it.
> It would be more straightforward and more backward compatible because the
> FreeBSD's repo is a monorepo.
>
> As far I remember, there was an mess around the password and groups file
> depending on the "default" shell. A sed magic or other black magic...

Agreed. I was never enamoured with the move.


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