On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 13:01 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:30 AM, <brainworker@lavabit.com> wrote:
If everything is to end up in /usr, then I'd argue that this makes /usr superfluous. If merging is to be done, then IMO things should be moved out of /usr, not moved in.
well no the point is to have a single top-level directory for a single purpose.
so distribution provided files will go to /usr, local-system configuration in /etc, /run is for runtime state, /var is the local-system state (the non-ephemeral state).
My variant is:
/lib -> /usr/lib /bin -> /usr/bin /sbin -> /usr/bin
After that rename: /usr to /system /etc to /config /dev to /device
Why not using clear (and not so short) names to indicate real purpose!
Yes, why not just turn the device into android... renaming for the sake of renaming serves no purpose. There are real benefits to moving /lib and /bin into /usr, renaming folders does not provide any real benefits.
Today I hope we'll keep /usr, /etc, /dev etc., but when I started to use Linux /system, /config would be easier to understand. Well, between /dev and /device there's no difference, even for my completely broken English. However, I'm not sure if "brainworker" is serious or sarcastic ;p. Regards, Ralf