On Apr 29, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I fully agree. I remember providing an alternative solution for all or >> most of the problems which /run should solve, so I'm firmly opposed to >> create this new, unneeded directory, which is nothing more than a >> gratuitous change from other linux systems. > >"Gratuitous" would mean that it is a change for change's sake. The >reasons for the change have been covered in detail; your willingness to >dismiss them because they're not important to your own usage patterns >does not make the change gratuitous. They are gratuitous because are not needed.
>Creating a /run directory does not make the system technically inferior >for any purpose, and makes it technically superior with regards to It does, because it makes all systems more complex. And complexity is bad it makes *all* systems more complex to maintain, instead of the systems of the handful of people who run / ro. (Note: I would like to run / ro too, but still believe that complicating debian is not worth it.) >several. The only downside is that it's different from what people are >currently familiar with and what existing programs expect, but there is FFS! This is a huge downside... -- ciao, | Marco | [690 stBhtJlum1Xwg]
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