Re: GNUstep filesystem spec

[Nicola Pero]

> > > Shouldn't CharacterSets, TimeZones and Languages be living in the Library
> > > folder instead of in Libraries/Resources? same goes for TextConverters
> > >
> >
> > These are really directories installed and used by gnustep-base. I think
> > I could imagine a case where someone would want to install their own
> > CharacterSet, so perhaps that should be more general. But the other ones
> > really don't seem to need to be in a general 'Library' layout, since
> > they would only be installed by the system.
> 
> I, to a point, agree on Languages, when I typed it I already had my doubts,
> but imho TimeZones might be -base specific, but it is a resource that a user
> wants to lookup, to make his system work right. I agree that when everything
> is managed by Preferences.app the user couldn't care less about where the
> system got it's zone from. But since GNUstep is also very much used as a
> non-graphical environment, I think this kind of resources should be easy to
> find.
> They should not be hidden in a sub-directory of a sub-directory.
> like /usr/share is THE place to find shared stuff, it's clear and simple.
> I think Library should be the equivalent of /usr/share.

No - the proposed 'Library' is just 'everything but Applications and
Tools'.