* Frank Terbeck <bts@bts.grml.org> [20090407 01:56]:

> Going on...

Just wow :)

> > Some settings need directories to exits, but Mercurial doesn't
> > support to create empty ones[2].

> Neither does git.

ACK

> > Hence someone in charge has to create the following ones within
> > /etc/skel/.newsbeuter

> >   - saved_articles
> >   - podcasts -- though optional, since that setting is commented out

> No. Noone does.
> If I tell a program: "Save foo to bar/baz/", then the program should
> better create that directory for me (it may ask me if I think it's
> okay, if whether I screwed up).

> About the patches:
> I'm as always sceptic about diverting from default colors.
> I don't understand why the default entries in the killfile would make
> sense.

ACK. Though it's fine for me if we provide *useful* templates via
/etc/skel/.newsbeuter which help users in configuring newsbeuter.
Upstream of newsbeuter is a friend of me so I think we could even
get a review of our stuff then. ;)

> As with the other pings: What's the status here?

Pinging Alex. :)

regards,
-mika-