[gentoo-project] Support for Seperate /usr

[Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>]

Splitting thread so that the agenda thread isn't lost in discussion:

On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> I have no opinion whether separate usr should be supported or not: I
> have not been using this layout since years. However, I strongly prefer
> some kind of consistency: The traditional layout with a minimal / to
> boot or the usr move both have their advantages; if we go for something
> in between we get none of them.

I tend to loosely agree here.

My inclination right now is to support this proposal if either of the
following is true:
1.  Somebody explains that right now the absence of a decision is
causing them actual problems (extra work, limitations, whatever).
2.  This becomes necessary to enable some larger long-term goal, which
has received council approval.

#2 was basically covered by Alexis already.

Regarding #1, I informally emailed the base-system maintainers a week
ago about whether there was any need to revisit last year's decision.
I didn't really get a sense that anybody really needed the council to
step in now.  I recognize that William is also a base-system
maintainer so if he wants to state that he is subject to some kind of
extra work or such supporting separate /usr without an early boot
workaround I'll certainly be sympathetic.

I do favor the dropping of support for separate /usr without an early
boot workaround.  I just don't think the council should actually step
in until somebody needs us to, or as part of some larger plan.  If the
base-system maintainers have things under control, better to let them
handle it.

Rich