From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C1B1381F3 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0733B21C00E; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:14:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B714FE0595 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:14:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j5so1888642bkw.40 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:14:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=MP1qjHx6oV5S/epdxtMWvvR2dw3IMUR5pbiPT8RAs20=; b=M3D+RTFP7AYzcgypC3ZhMI+SQBqwmeO4y+PM9OsXo5sn01uxsRdZf8U1u8Bm6qE25O rdj8+TqwMiVxDKdiM9WE9hTnf26wGLg4HblpMMeJO2+MeRjJLJ8UcKJH8uYQCUq7+zor wKCOS0s4w6qNB6cIPoTBjZQUIeC+gSsLnIxzeh6osCHDwZQOxeetTQBG6EJS2N6ov5oE fEqIxzKEB2yHWIDuVEPFsgeaAvdxbpIic/d1ipaiswnMdN8Vwcc5A/lhG/tnwXrg3hff EODGQs/9xxFZRKQZxrkbDIzs3gt2V0b74PBPBfyuqMMBfdX164ORk0QrI46YdS4PMkdn OjhA== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.15.203 with SMTP id l11mr1439451bka.74.1353327254272; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:14:14 -0800 (PST) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.12.28 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:14:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50A9EBE8.2080403@mva.name> References: <4bdd949a377d40eb85590870be440551@HUBCAS1.cs.stonybrook.edu> <50A8943E.7070607@gentoo.org> <20121118080845.GA8628@kroah.com> <50A89A73.3050709@flameeyes.eu> <50A8C257.7060103@mva.name> <50A8F918.2010802@flameeyes.eu> <50A8FBC2.200@gentoo.org> <50A90009.2060109@mva.name> <50A901F0.1050201@flameeyes.eu> <20121118155127.GE83592@gentoo.org> <50A9EBE8.2080403@mva.name> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:14:14 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 10Brkkh9NHM_Vg2aECwAvOgZhdM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Tightly-coupled core distro [was: Council meeting summary for 3 April 2012] From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 4862aed8-51a7-4ac1-b383-b14aa06ea867 X-Archives-Hash: 66fef5d8de6c1cec1e5f5d0f97c065d9 On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Vadim A. Misbakh-Soloviov w= rote: > 18.11.2012 22:51, Fabian Groffen =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >> You end up with a symlink (e.g. bin -> ./usr/bin) from one place to the >> other regardless, so it doesn't matter much. > > So, why not to make /usr/bin -> ../bin (or, maybe even /usr/bin -> /bin > (notice the =C2=AB/=C2=BB)) ? :D So, given the choices of: 1. Re-establishing FHS standards so that I can boot with / only. 2. Consolidating everything under /usr so that just about all OS-managed files are in a single place. 3. Stuffing everything in /usr into my root partition. I'd say that #3 is the worst of all possible worlds. At least there is some kind of expected benefit from the /usr move. Sure, you COULD shove everything into root, but I can't think of anybody in this debate who would consider that a useful solution. Go read the Fedora reasons-for-the-/usr-move page. Whether you think it is worth it or not is one thing, but at least there are reasons for it. I can't think of any benefits from doing the reverse. Rich