Re: RFD: Essential packages, /, and /usr

[Moshe Zadka <m@moshez.org>]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> wrote:

> 	Does this meet your size criteria for fitting in /? Would it
>  be acceptable for embedded systems? 
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I may be just stupid, but what does /usrness[1] have to do with embedded
systems? After all, if the embedded system has no disk space for (say)
X, it has no space for X on either / or /usr. Or is it a common case
in embedded systems to mount /usr/ on a much larger medium?

The "embedded systems" argument sounds *extremely* relevant for Essentiality
(we've talked about this), but completely *irrelevant* for /usrness?

1. Kudos to Branden for coming up with this much-needed word.


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