On 07/18/2012 04:10 AM, Michał Górny wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:54:16 -0400
> Richard Yao <r...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 07/17/2012 07:07 PM, Olivier Crête wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 18:41 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
>>>> If somebody really is pushing for an all-out /usr move by all means
>>>> speak up, but I think that basically what everybody is advocating
>>>> is trying to follow upstream for individual packages. 
>>>
>>> As I've been saying for a while, doing a full merge
>>> of /bin, /sbin, /lib into /usr is probably unavoidable in the long
>>> term. We should be ready for it, and even try to do it
>>> progressively. As currently, the split is entirely arbitrary.
>>>
>>> Also be ready for a merge of /bin and /sbin.. I'm sure most people
>>> can't even explain the difference between them.
>>>
>>
>> The difference is simple. You put stuff into /sbin when you do not
>> want regular users to be able to select it via tab completion by
>> default.
> 
> Now put that definition into my cold logic brain.
> 

That was meant as a joke, although the irony is that it is true.

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