On 08/04/16 03:36, Damien Levac wrote: > Anybody who have this kind of misconception about 'usr merge' should > read this: > > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ > > Signed, > > a user who got scared by this thread and documented myself before > freaking out too much... > >>> Personally I think that merging things into /usr is a major policy >> > decision that is likely to contravene upstream installation >>> locations. I wouldn't do it lightly, if at all. > Three points :- 1) systemd - not all gentoo users subscribe to this 'philosophy' .. but no, I don't want get drawn into debates of yes/no of systemd .. 2) "Today, a separate /usr partition already must be mounted by the initramfs during early boot, thus making the justification for a split-off moot." - no, not all gentoo users have an initramfs and need/want one .. so this is a false assumption. 3) I still believe there is merit in distinguishing between binaries that can/should be run as root, and those that can/should not. Those that run as root 100% of the time, or use VMs, don't really 'use' linux in the original sense of the OS ..
*hides in his bike-shed, awaiting the flaming torches....*
