On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:38:19AM +0100, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > | An alternative strategy to consider for the future: drop /usr entirely > | and place all libraries in /lib [as done on GNU/Hurd]. On current > | systems using initramfs the need for a separate / and /usr is gone. > | IMHO, there are nowadays few (if any) compelling reasons for having a > | separate /usr, and hence for having /usr at all other than as a > | compatibility symlink to /. Have we actually got any reasons for > | keeping it? > > I'd love to see this happening and would like the ability to have /usr > as a symlink to / as a release goal for squeeze. In what way is it not already possible to symlink /usr to /? I think the issue is that not all users *want* /usr symlinked to /, and there's no benefit unless everyone switches to the new model. Which is rather awkward to enforce on upgrades; I don't know about you, but I have some continuously-upgraded older systems where my /usr isn't going to fit on my / filesystem. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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