Re: Changing the defaults for --localstatedir and --sysconfdir?

[Attila Lendvai]

> What do others think?

i don't really understand all the consequences of this choice... but as a 
newcomer it surely was strange that i have to use a special incantation that i 
need to remember, and is added to the documentation, and is explained 
repeatedly on IRC... instead of making it the default.

good defaults are important. and it's better if the default value causes the 
least surprise to the ones who know the least.

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