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From: Alec Warner <antarus@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: rdalek1967@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:25:09
Message-Id: CAAr7Pr8E=BgJ5aMkesD8SAkcZG7CSSCwmRUJV7A0fUS19eiu=A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr by "Michał Górny"
1 On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:34:34 -0600
3 > Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Michał Górny wrote:
6 >> > On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:40:01 -0600
7 >> > Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com>  wrote:
8 >> >
9 >> >>>> I keep hoping that all the smart people involved in this will see
10 >> >>>> the mess it is creating. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed
11 >> >>>> but I'm sharp enough to see the mess this is going to create and
12 >> >>>> I'm just a desktop user.  I feel sorry for people with more
13 >> >>>> complicated systems or remote ones.
14 >> >>> The mess was created by people shouting 'hey, real men use
15 >> >>> separate /usr for no good reason! Be awesome like us'.
16 >> >>>
17 >> >> I think it is more like people do that when they have a good reason
18 >> >> to do so.  I plan to put mine on /usr when I get the chance and
19 >> >> know that this init crap isn't going to break my rig.  It's not
20 >> >> being "awesome" either.
21 >> > Remind me of a single good reason. Last time I heard those were
22 >> > mostly hacks and laziness.
23 >> >
24 >>
25 >>
26 >> I already stated the reason.  I'm going to put /usr on LVM.  That is
27 >> not only a good reason, it is a GREAT reason.
28 >
29 > It is a hack.
30
31 Your opinion is noted, but that doesn't make better or worse than
32 other folks ideas.
33
34 -A
35
36 >
37 > --
38 > Best regards,
39 > Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>