Re: /opt/ again (was Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: ...])
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 02:43:59PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote:
> * Steve Lamb said:
> > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 2:39:46 PM, Jonathan wrote:
> > >> Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 3:14:37 PM, Federico wrote:
> > >> > IMHO, /usr is what we (Debian) control, /usr/local is what I (the
> > >> > sysadmin) control, /opt is where third-party package builders (e.g.,
> > >> > Corel, KDE, Cygnus, etc...) control.
> > >> None of this describes one bit why it has to be a top level
> > >> directory.
> > > Because it fits the Unix tradition of lazy typists. Im a lazy typist.
> > > Hear my carpal tunnel fingers cry out as they type the extra 4
> > > characters in /usr/opt
> > Then why /home/ftp instead of /ftp? Why /var/htdocs instead of /www?
> Because ftp is a USER and user's home belongs in /home. /var/www (NOT
> /var/htdocs, btw) because the home page is varying data, not a static one.
> Makes sense to you? Probably not, but it does for me.
Oh, I get it now. So if it is a *user* then we clearly place it in home.
So... Where's /home/qmail? /home/games anyone? /home/news? /home/uucp?
Wait, wait, according to you, all the man pages clearly belong in /usr/man!
Oh, rats, what happened to /home/www-data? /home/majordomo? /home/msql?
/home/irc? /home/gnats? /home/root? /home/mail! /home/list!
Wow, Marek, Debian sure placed all of those USER's home in /home. I'm so glad
you cleared that up.
What does varying data have to do with anything about the placement of
top-level directories based on a whim? I mean, already /var/www is wrong
because it is a *USER* and should be placed in /home with the other varying
data, like /home/ftp is.
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