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On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 03:59:35PM +0000, hasufell wrote: |
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*snip* |
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> Despite that... the answer is already here: |
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> http://devmanual.gentoo.org/general-concepts/filesystem/index.html |
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> > Gentoo does not consider the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard to be an |
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> > authoritative standard, although much of our policy coincides with |
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> > it. |
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> So this is not really something the council has to decide on, unless |
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> you propose to change that policy altogether. |
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Agreed. |
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Gentoo has never considered the fhs to be authoritative. It is a guide. |
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If we can follow it we do, if we can't we don't. There is nothing to |
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change here unless you are asking that we make fhs authoritative, which |
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I would be firmly against. |
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Regarding the comments blueness made on -project about the /->/usr merge |
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violating fhs, I have spoken with vapier about this myself on several |
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occasions, and his position is exactly the opposite; it does not violate |
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fhs. |
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You might also want to read this article on osnews about why the split |
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happened; there is definitely interesting information here [1]. The |
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reason the split happened is pretty straight forward, and every other |
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"justification" for continuing it was come up with after the fact. |
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William |
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[1] |
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http://www.osnews.com/story/25556/Understanding_the_bin_sbin_usr_bin_usr_sbin_Split/ |
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