On 10 Nov 2002, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > One such thing that can be shared, but which should also be secret, is > a nethack bones level file. That shouldn't go in /var, because it > *should* be shared normally by a group of cooperating machines. (The > whole point of nethack bones files is that they cross over between > different players.)
While not being a nethack afficionado, I admin for people who are. Aren't bones levels variable, and hence should not be placed in /usr anyway? Certainly, I know that bones levels are created on the nethack machine, and that machine's /usr is mounted RO. Your assertion that "it shouldn't go in /var because it's meant to be shared" is bollocks, and I'm pretty sure FHS backs me up. I seem to recall some sort of 2x2 matrix that had "variable" and "static" along one axis, and "sharable" and "private" along the other. (So much for swearing I wouldn't get involved in pissing matches any more) -- Matthew Palmer, Debian Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org
