On 26 Mar 2010, at 05:02, EBo wrote:
I'm also talking about system wide apps on a
multiuser system. So, for example, your /$objtype/bin would look
something
like /sys_apps/$objtype/bin, and /sys_aps would contain all system
wide,
non-OS distributed, applications.
This is just how I imagine /usr became the way it is in modern unix,
and look how first /usr/local (or similar) and then /opt was added
because it wasn't enough. We say we deal with it with namespaces, but
the bindings on a freshly-installed Plan 9 box already make a much
longer list than any $PATH I can imagine!
I'm thinking over the idea that we're bumping up against the practical
limits of hierarchal file systems as a means for organising stuff, but
I've no idea what else might work.
--
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
-- Alan Perlis
