Thank you for input on this topic!
jtojnar:
Note that filesystem hierarchy standard already turns the system into a big soup.
I would guess it has been influenced by the localedir notably used by
Shaun McCance:
it is what it is. It's not worth the effort to change it at this point.
The KDE person suggested that this was easier to implement
rhkramer:
as Shaun wrote (all elided), it is probably not worth the effort to change.
Apart from the KDE-guy this sounds like "it's already like this" and "others use it,
too". Perhaps I should search for records of that meeting in 2010 - or even dig into the
reasoning behind `localedir` (any input welcome).
@"Changing is not worth the effort": Guessing, that the current systems live
another 20+ years, I'd say it's worth the effort giving its superiority over the current
system. That being commended, I should search for why things are like they are.
jtojnar:
If you want nicer structure look at GoboLinux or Nix.
Thank you for the reference!
rhkramer:
I am not likely to ever try to
access a help file in other than my native language ((American) English), so
getting into a directory with all the other English help files seems more
natural to me.
Unfortunately this only works, if you are able to enjoy the pleasure of an
almost-always supported language.
Regards
Chris
On 2021/05/09 17:33, [email protected] wrote:
I'd like to know why help files are sorted by language first and then
by application name, instead of the other way around.
I would guess it has been influenced by the localedir notably used by
GNU gettext (/usr/share/locale). Or maybe mandir (/usr/share/man),
which also supports localizations according to FHS:
https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch04s11.html#usrsharemanManualPages
Apart from easier manual handling, I would say this ordering helps
keeping applications apart from each other, versus, the current spec
looks like it turn the whole system into a big soup.
Note that filesystem hierarchy standard already turns the system into a
big soup. If you want nicer structure look at GoboLinux or Nix.
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