> Three points :-
> 1) systemd - not all gentoo users subscribe to this 'philosophy' .. >but
>no, I don't want get drawn into debates of yes/no of systemd ..

The article start by saying the points are not just for systemd, even
though the latter might find the merge more 'needed'...

>2) "Today, a separate /usr partition already must be mounted by the
>initramfs during early boot, thus making the justification for a
>split-off moot." - no, not all gentoo users have an initramfs and
>need/want one .. so this is a false assumption.

Agreed, this does not apply to Gentoo.

>3) I still believe there is merit in distinguishing between binaries
>that can/should be run as root, and those that can/should not. Those
>that run as root 100% of the time, or use VMs, don't really 'use' linux
>in the original sense of the OS ..

/usr/sbin still exists in a merged usr, so I don't get that point...

>*hides in his bike-shed, awaiting the flaming torches....*

Don't worry: no troll here.

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Damien Levac