[arch-general] lib -> usr/lib

[Oon-Ee Ng]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:30 AM,  <brainworker at 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.