Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Concerns about WIPE_TMP change

[Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>]

On 08:47 Sun 20 Jan     , Richard Freeman wrote:
> Duncan wrote:
>> Obscure?  It's the directory name (says another with both /tmp and /var/
>> tmp on tmpfs).  How much less obscure can you get than announcing it every 
>> time the path is referenced or specified?  Who could reasonably argue that 
>> tmp doesn't mean tmp?
>
> Anybody who comes from the world of Windows - where temp directories aren't 
> cleaned and usually eventually grow to 1/3rd of the disk on a typical 
> spyware-laden install?
>
> You and I know what /tmp is for, but we also know that we shouldn't be 
> running as root all the time and yet I'm sure there is a note in the 
> install handbook about that.  95% of new linux users come from Windows, and 
> as such they have a few bad habits that they'd probably be all to happy to 
> lose if somebody takes the time to point them out.

Just one other point here. 95% of new Linux users is not 95% of new 
Gentoo Linux users.

Thanks,
Donnie
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