Re: PROPOSAL for FHS revised : Mount points for CDs, floppies and alien OS partitions.]

[Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>]

> No, the majority doesn't have cdrom in /mnt. Red Hat has it, and Red Hat
> has only the majority in USA. In Europe, it is SuSE Linux, in Asia
> TurboLinux.

And no doubt Debian doesnt exist because nobody sells it.

It also isnt a productive discussion for a very important reason. The question
isnt 'which is most common' its 'which existing working solution is best'

> have it ? /mnt has a special meaning in the Unix world since years.
> Yes, FHS should define the future, but not break with the past.
> And if FHS should be for all Unix, we also need to take care for
> the other Unix, not only some few Linux distributions.

Then lets defer this to the FHS to standardise.

We cant add a new top directory, they can if they think it appropriate. 
Would the FHS care to put on its thinking hat