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[Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>]

I am in favor of the /srv as I like having the web and ftp on a seperate
volume.  As for the media I have no feelings one way or the other on
that.

CuZnDragon
Robin Cook

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 18:09, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Something from the fhs-discuss mailing list:
> There has been a lot of discussion recently about the /srv and /media
> directories specified in the beta of the fhs 2.3.
> You can find the fhs 2.3 beta here
> http://www.samba.org/~cyeoh/fhs-2.3-beta.pdf
> 
> A (very) short overview:
> /mnt <=> /media issue:
> Basically /mnt shouldn't be used at all for submounts (/mnt/cdrom,
> /mnt/floppy, ...). The proposed replacement for this is /media/<drive>.
> /mnt should be left empty for emergency/temporary mounts by the admin.
> 
> /srv:
> This directory should be the default data directory for server programs
> (httpd, ftpd, ...). Packages installed by the distribution should put
> their demo data or basic skeleton data in the respective subdirectory of
> /srv (/srv/www, /srv/ftp). Nothing that exists there that the user has
> changed should be overwritten.
> 
> 
> To start our discussion about it, i like the idea of /srv and am not
> sure about /media. /srv seems like a good idea, allowing the admin to
> have a seperate partition for all server data, making it easy to find
> the data after first install and having a standard place for all server
> type spells to put their data.
> About /media and /mnt, i prefer /mnt/cdrom, for the simple reason that
> i've always used this (and tab completion will be harder if two
> directories in / start with 'm').
> 
> If we can reach a consensus during the next week i'll gladly forward our
> preferences to the fhs-discuss list.
> 
> -- 
> Arwed v. Merkatz
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> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Christopher Yeoh <cyeoh AT samba.org> -----
> 
> From: "Christopher Yeoh" <cyeoh AT samba.org>
> To: freestandards-fhs-discuss AT lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: Matt Wilson <msw AT redhat.com>,
>       Alan Cox <alan AT lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk AT suse.de>,
>       Martin Michlmayr <leader AT debian.org>,
>       Stew Benedict <sbenedict AT mandrakesoft.com>, roger.so AT sw-linux.com,
>       grog AT lemis.com, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan AT pathname.com>,
>       rusty AT samba.org, corbet AT lwn.net
> Subject: Informal Straw Poll for /srv and /media
> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 21.3.1
> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:15:58 +1100
> 
> 
> The discussion on /srv and /media has been going on for quite a while
> (starting from about the beginning of FHS 2.2 development) and I think
> it is important we come to some resolution on these two issues if it
> all possible. To help do this we would like some informal but public
> feedback from the linux distributions and unix or unix-like operating
> systems.
> 
> If you are able to act as a representative for one of these AND the
> system you build is, or intended to be FHS compliant please send in
> your votes to this mailing list
> (freestandards-fhs-discuss AT lists.sourceforge.net). I have previously
> asked representatives from some distributions privately as to their
> views. We would appreciate it if these people would still participate
> in this poll.
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> For the /media issue. Please list what you would like in the FHS
> in the order of most preferred to least preferred:
> 
> - /media/cdrom
> - /mnt/cdrom
> - /cdrom
> - No change [1]
> - The FHS should not specify and allow it wherever the distribution wishes 
> [2]
> - Other [3]
> 
> Notes:
> 
> 1 - The wording of FHS 2.2 does *not* allow for /mnt/cdrom
> 
> 2 - The FHS specifies default places and there is nothing stopping
>     local admins from changing things. We don't have FHS police that
>     go around checking your system.
> 
> 3 - If you don't have another, you don't have to list this as a preference.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> 
> For the /srv issue. Please list in order of most preferred to least 
> preferred:
> 
> - Accept proposal as in FHS 2.3 beta 3
> - Reject proposal
> - Other
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> When sending in your votes please state the
> distribution/Unix/Unix-like system you represent.
> 
> This is not a formal vote on what will be included in FHS 2.3 and
> should not be interpreted as such.  The are no restrictions on what
> qualifies as a "linux distribution", but if its something that you
> have rolled up yourself for just you and your pet cat to use, we are
> likely take that into account.
> 
> Voting closing 12pm (GMT) Wednesday 26th of November.
> 
> Chris