On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:14:23PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> As I see it, most of the problem has to do with poorly written software
> that doesn't gracefully handle old configurations and little to do with
> how those configurations are stored in $HOME. I'll give Thompson a pass
> as the problem occurred much later.
>
> On the plus side, dealing with dot files and dot directories is much
> easier than with an opaque registry.

What about putting all the dotfiles and dordirectories in ~/etc and
using symbolic links to make hem appear to be where everyone expects
them. Lots of symbolic links.

-- hendrik