From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jochem Huhmann To: docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [Fwd: Evolution of the DocBook tools] Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 06:36:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <38B562D1.DB411A17@cybercable.tm.fr> <38BD3C70.90D7DD8B@cybercable.tm.fr> X-SW-Source: 2000/msg00125.html * Eric Bischoff wrote: > Your message shows, if it was necessary, that each > distribution is doing a different thing, and that we have to > agree on common directory names and file names. I couldn't agree more. There is another possible approach: A defined interface instead of a defined directory layout. So every distribution could use their own directories and filenames, but the interface stays the same. And some options to query the actual locations would allow other applications to find the location of the catalog and such. This would also work for FreeBSD, Solaris or whatever. Waiting for all Linux distributions and other Unix-Systems implement a common directory layout might take a long time, but an interface has just to be ported. Jochem PS: Jorge - if the new list barfs and you find a message of me causing this, please drop me a line. I've sent out the announcement with a lot of Cc's, maybe some server in between has done funny things to it. Or I was too tired to do it right. -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!