The default /etc/skel/.bash_profile has: PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin It would be nice if this was: PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin This would be one less thing expert users would have to configure on their systems.
It would be nice if sun shines at night. Now seriously, why do you want this? How this is useful? Is the path $HOME/.local/bin extensible used in fedora?
The path $HOME/.local is mandated by the XDG basedir spec. Having $HOME/.local in the $PATH by default hence makes it a lot more useful for per-user installation of programs.
bash-4.2.10-3.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bash-4.2.10-3.fc15
Package bash-4.2.10-3.fc15: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing bash-4.2.10-3.fc15' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/bash-4.2.10-3.fc15 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
bash-4.2.10-3.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.