Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes ("Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0"): > Wichert> Can we agree our preference is /var/mail, is stated in the > Wichert> curr

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-28 Thread Joseph Carter
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 10:35:54PM +0100, Remco Blaakmeer wrote: > > This is not quite the case. FHS 2.0, like previous versions, aims for > > somewhere between best practice and the common (Linux) practice. > > Mostly Linux, actually, because Linux generally has a much cleaner > > filesystem hier

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-27 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > This is not quite the case. FHS 2.0, like previous versions, aims for > somewhere between best practice and the common (Linux) practice. > Mostly Linux, actually, because Linux generally has a much cleaner > filesystem hierarchy layout. This being the

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Joseph Carter
On Mon, Jan 25, 1999 at 01:54:24PM -0800, Daniel Quinlan wrote: > I would like to be more certain that nobody is going to be upset by > any changes to the mail spool specification in FHS, so could you tell > me your distribution's preference on this? > > a) /var/mail (FHS 2.0) > b) /var/spool/

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Daniel Quinlan
Wichert writes: >> Can we agree our preference is /var/mail, is stated in the >> current FHS? Manoj Srivastava <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While the new FHS is trying for conformance with other unices, we > should also consider rtadition [...] This is not quite the case. FHS 2.0, like prev

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> Previously Daniel Quinlan wrote: >> I would like to be more certain that nobody is going to be upset by >> any changes to the mail spool specification in FHS, so could you tell >> me your distribution's preference on thi

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jan 26, 1999 at 03:02:09AM +0100, Vincent Renardias wrote: > the other Unixen boxes summed up; 2nd, Debian never did gratuitous policy > change just 'because some others are doing so' and I hope we won't start > now. I'm not commenting on whether or not /var/mail or /var/spool/mail should

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Vincent" == Vincent Renardias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Vincent> For the sake of compatibily with what? No other Linux Vincent> currently uses it or plans to; As for the other Unix systems; Hm, I thought it was our long-term goal all along to comply with the FHS. The question here is whethe

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Vincent Renardias
On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Johnie Ingram wrote: > "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Wichert> Can we agree our preference is /var/mail, is stated in the > Wichert> current FHS? > > I'd agree with that, for the sake of compatibility. Having postinsts > make a symlink isn't

[Usage of /var/mail] Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0 (fwd)

1999-01-26 Thread Vincent Renardias
IL PROTECTED], debian-devel@lists.debian.org [cc: list striped] Subject: Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0 Resent-Date: 26 Jan 1999 00:38:45 - Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > 1. Interoperability with other systems. 10+ million Linux boxes

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Johnie Ingram
"Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Wichert> Can we agree our preference is /var/mail, is stated in the Wichert> current FHS? I'd agree with that, for the sake of compatibility. Having postinsts make a symlink isn't that big a deal. - PGP E4 70 6E 59

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Vincent Renardias
On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Previously Daniel Quinlan wrote: > > I would like to be more certain that nobody is going to be upset by > > any changes to the mail spool specification in FHS, so could you tell > > me your distribution's preference on this? > > Can we agree our pr

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-26 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Daniel Quinlan wrote: > I would like to be more certain that nobody is going to be upset by > any changes to the mail spool specification in FHS, so could you tell > me your distribution's preference on this? Can we agree our preference is /var/mail, is stated in the current FHS? Wiche

Re: Resolutions to comments on LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC_V1.0

1999-01-25 Thread Daniel Quinlan
I would like to be more certain that nobody is going to be upset by any changes to the mail spool specification in FHS, so could you tell me your distribution's preference on this? a) /var/mail (FHS 2.0) b) /var/spool/mail (current Linux practice and FSSTND 1.x) c) something else There have