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gioele commented on Use the XDG Base Directory Specification xdgbasedirectoryspecifica... · Posted by u/hyperupcall

goombacloud · 2 years ago

There is a changed version that includes drop-in config files, masking, and loading defaults from /usr/ instead of requiring full config files to live under /etc: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/base_directory_s...

gioele · 2 years ago

There is work going on at freedesktop to standardize drop-in config files:

«basedir: support separate (vendor/local) trees and masking for config files» https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/-/merge_request...

«basedir: support drop-ins for configuration paths» https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/-/merge_request...

gioele commented on Ask HN: Mailing list providers with global deliverability? · Posted by u/srkirk

gioele · 3 years ago

MailmanLists is a valid service run by competent people: https://www.mailmanlists.net/

They provide plain good ol' GNU Mailman lists. You can bring your own domain or subdomain. They also have a good handle on privacy issues (GDPR requests and so on).

gioele commented on When my wife developed Alzheimer’s, the story of our marriage kept us connected thewalrus.ca/when-my-wife... · Posted by u/rmbryan

gioele · 4 years ago

Related to this topic (spouse with Alzheimer), there is a touching story by Alice Munro: "The Bear Came Over the Mountain", the closing story of the book "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage".