Re: [pcp] patch/RFC - install global derived metrics dir and configs

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> [...]
> > Also, I chose $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/derived to be alongside similar config
> > directories (pmchart, pmlogconf, pmlogger, pmie and others).
> >
> > And I guess it probably should be derived.d for ansible and friends?
> > (and all those other config dirs be renamed too, which sounds like a QA
> > nightmare!!)

Not to mention the packaging nightmare and end-user disruption that has
accompanied every config file/dir rename we've ever done.

> Whoa ... what?  Is this Ansible you're referring to? ... what's the
> rationale for any framework to impose/expect a .d suffix for a directory
> name?

Whatever it is, let's not rename anything please.

cheers.

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Nathan