D7168: packaging: install .rc files to hgrc.d

[martinvonz (Martin von Zweigbergk)]

martinvonz added a comment.


  In D7168#105270 <https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7168#105270>, @indygreg wrote:
  
  > In D7168#105269 <https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7168#105269>, @mharbison72 wrote:
  >
  >> Is it a good idea to encourage people to modify the installation directory?  I thought it was off limits on Windows, though a custom file does seem to survive an uninstall/install cycle of thg.
  >> I do miss having a global directory like `/etc/mercurial/hgrc.d`.  Loading relative to the exe isn't exactly global, since a vanilla hg vs a thg install will use different directories.  I wonder if we can slip in a global directory under %ProgramData% or %AppData% or similar.
  >
  > I agree that we should consider a better solution here. The compatibility story on Windows is not great and there's lots of room for improvement.
  > Looking in %ProgramData% or %AppData% in addition to a directory next to the executable and in your home directory feels appropriate. As you say, it mirrors on POSIX works with `/etc`.
  
  @mharbison72, are you okay with what Greg says?
  
  I'll queue the patches up but not including this one for now. Thank, Greg! I don't really know what all these patches do, but the commit messages sound reasonable :)

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