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Re: /opt/ again (was Re: FreeBSD-like approach for Debian? [was: ...])



* Steve Lamb said:

> > On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 01:49:41PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> >>     So why /opt and not /usr/opt with the possibility of /usr/local/opt?
> 
> > Because unlike opt and local, there really isn't a difference between
> > /opt and /usr/opt -- except that one's a standard. Why not replace /home
> > with /users or make clocks run counterclockwise or redefine the meter?
> > Same reason -- we need a standard, arbitrary or not.
> 
>     That is my point!
Huh? /opt IS a standard, and yet you opt (sic!) against it? So what IS your
point anyway?
 
>     Windows is the standard in business computing.  So let's all jump on the
> standard, who's with me?
That's irrelevant. Chose better example. 

>     Well, so much for standards *just* for standards sake.  Standards need a
> decent reason and I don't feel a new top level directory "just because" is a
> good enough reason.
New? Is 20 years *new* in your book?

marek

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