I am personally against such a change as being default in Devuan. I view it as a change that makes things less forgiving to newbies and to people who occasionally make mistakes.
An example of this is about three years ago, when I was new to Linux and accidentally blew away my /usr/bin directory and had to fix it. The common wisdom "reinstall" was not an option for me, as I couldn't because of technical restraints. After some time I fixed it, with the help of a friend and #debianfork. (i still use the system today and it is remarkably stable. I have had little issues with it, albeit I do not think any issues I have had were due to this mistake). It was a mistake of my own, but it was also a learning experience. Because /usr/bin was somewhat standalone from /bin I did not entirely hose my system. I shudder to think what would have happened if it was merged. While this is just one anecdote, it does make me wonder how many people might have had something like this happen while new or just mistype something.
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