Re: get rid of LOCALBASE

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 01:15:43AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
>     Date:        Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:15:23 +0100
>     From:        Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <20201203171523.cwhjugjgj2jxcdic%yt.nih.at@localhost>
> 
>   | Since we had two recent occurrences where this bit developers, I'd
>   | like to globally replace: LOCALBASE with PREFIX.
> 
> That is, make it easier for developers, and break users' setups?
> Doesn't sound like the right way to go to me.
> 
> While LOCALBASE is perhaps not a great name, PREFIX is worse.
> Its only advantage is that it is shorter.   Prefix of what?
> If you know what it is intended to be, fine, if you don't, its
> name is of zero help.   LOCALBASE is at least sightly suggestive
> as to a purpose.
> 
> I think I'd leave well enough alone, but improve the developer doc
> so that the issues are better understood.

Currently there are both in use, the proposal is to use only one of the two.
 Thomas