On Tue, 2021-11-09 at 01:56 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > The logic is still the same. I need a guaranteed place on the root > partition to find the programs necessary to mount all the other > partitions, or else I'll need to run an initramfs.
Been following this debate. Admit that a few years ago I'd have reflexively said keep /bin and /sbin but now? The assumptions have changed so much it no longer makes much sense. The size of the OS is just so small now, compared to storage media and data files. Even a small SSD will easily hold all of /usr for all but the most bloated installs on old obsolete storage media. So simply including /usr in the root filesystem makes sense for almost all use cases. On the other hand, putting everything in /usr makes some interesting options possible, like making it a read only mount point except during updates. Back in olden days being able to reliably boot into a minimal environment for rescue and recovery was important. Now a rescue distribution on a USB stick is far more effective when things go wrong. So yes, it is time to eliminate /bin, /sbin and /lib. Wish I could say the same thing about the X11 vs Wayland divide. See the cold logic and theory in the Wayland argument but keep looking at the current reality and Wayland comes up short.
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