Return of config files to ^/etc

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:04:02 -0800
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com> wrote:

> In message <CAPjTQNH7uitFvvLxxB0DkuawGgdU0qbZ2PdSKY3M6=sQ67hR6Q at mail.gmail.c
> om>  
> , 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.
> 

I'm in favor of this also.  I never did understand the logic behind the
change.

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Gary Jennejohn