Re: [PATCH] Add Haskell syntax highlighting

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 11-09-2020 om 11:58 schreef Kamil Dudka:
> On Friday, September 11, 2020 11:27:39 AM CEST Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>> It is unfortunate that /etc/nanorc exists and that several distros
>> uncomment the "include /usr/share/nano/*.nanorc".  It would have been
>> better if they used a skeleton .nanorc so that each user can trim the
>> includes without inheriting everything from /etc/nanorc.
> 
> Each approach has its pros and cons.  The problem of ~/.nanorc is that it 
> is usually not manipulated directly by package managers.  So any updates
> would need to go to /etc/skel/.nanorc, which would only take an effect for 
> newly created user accounts.  If we enabled syntax highlighting this way
> in Fedora, I am afraid that some users would still not be aware that nano
> ever supports syntax highlighting.

True.  But if users choose to do rolling upgrades from one version of an
operating system to the next, without reinstalling, then this probably
means they are rather attached to their configurations and setting, and
do not want them to change in any way.  Thus they might become aware of
new features of programs only when they have to install the OS on a new
machine.  There is no harm in that.

> If you expect nano to be packaged in a certain way, it would be good to 
> document it somewhere.  Otherwise it is unlikely that distros will do it
> in a way that matches your expectations ;-)

Thanks for the suggestion.  I will think about what would be a good place
to put such a hint.

Benno

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