XDG_CONFIG_DIRS an /usr/local/etc/xdg

[Peter White]

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 01:47:51PM -0400, Elsie Hupp wrote:
> >>> I was hoping they would be, or is there a better way of contacting them?
> >> 
> >> The authors all have individual email addresses at the top of the specification:
> > 
> > I did notice that, but why ask them privately? Mailing lists are there
> > so a question can be answered *once*, and the record stays online for
> > others to find. I did my due diligence before asking here by searching
> > the archive. But I seem to be first one to ask. From now on others can
> > at least find that it has been asked and maybe won't have to bother the
> > authors again.
> 
> Yes, indeed, asking here first is probably the best approach. The
> individual email addresses are just useful if you don’t hear back from
> any of the authors otherwise, and you really want their perspectives.

Precisely.

> Presuming they’re all on this mailing list, a fallback approach might
> be to send them a direct email (individually or in a group) nagging
> them to respond to this thread.

Oh, I will, if this cannot be resolved here. ;)

> (Of course, it isn’t fun to feel like a nag…)

Which is why I am holding off on that approach for the time being. They
are busy people and should be given time. I consider your suggestion a
matter of last resort. We are not there yet. ;)