On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 19:41:27 +0100 Enrico Weigelt <weig...@metux.de> wrote:
> * Micha?? G?rny <mgo...@gentoo.org> schrieb: > > > > I don't want to repeat all the arguments, why these > > > Windows-imitator guys are completely wrong, anymore. (IMHO > > > already been said in this thread). > > > > Yes, having a single locations for all applications is so-windows. > > We should go the other way then, and create a separate prefix for > > every application. I wonder why we removed that awesome /usr/X11R6. > > I was talking about other things, like giving up the typical > unix-style separation of subsystems, all the bloating happening > in certain DE's and then pulling down that bloat to the system > level (just starting w/ dbus) Yes, three arguments and just a one, silly example which is basically incorrect assuming noone obliges you to use systemd. > > > If upstream really wants to stick in that silly chance, it's time > > > for a fork. We're already allocating about 20..30hrs per week > > > beginning with 2012/2 for such a project in our resource plan. > > > This stupidity can become really dangerous thousands of systems > > > around the world, so it needs to be stopped. > > > > Wow, an enterprise fork taking 20-30 hrs per week to reimplement > > hacks necessary for running applications randomly spread over > > filesystems? > > This is just our donation, I'm hoping others will join in. > For the actual development, half of the resources should be > fine, but testing dozens of uncommon scenarios will eat up > a multiple of that. I thought you reserved that much time for mailing lists. > > > BTW: the original argument (AFAIK) is that moving everything to > > > /usr should somehow make maintenance easier. Well, how actually ? > > > Perhaps for people who are too lazy to backup a few more > > > directories ? Silly. > > > > Enjoy sharing those few more directories over NFS. > > Yes, what's the big deal ? Done that with thousands of nodes. Without initramfs? Syncing rootfs over and over again or just updating packages installing into it once a year? > > > Actually, at this point, I'd raise the question why not dropping > > > /usr instead (in little steps). The impact is practically the > > > same (well, replaces the risk of unbootable system by the risk > > > of filling up separated / filesystems) but would remove an > > > then obsolete additional directory. ;-O > > > > That's because people would like to get rid of additional > > directories in /, not introduce additional ones. > > Aha. Then why not also moving /home, /etc and /var to /usr, too ? ;-o > (hmm, some mindless jerks really could pick up that silly idea...) You should consider taking like 1 or 2 hours of your precious time to read about the use and meaning of various directories in the filesystem. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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