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Re: FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available)
- From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
- To: SM Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available)
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:26:46 +0100
On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 09:36:26AM -0800, Eric Sandall wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Eric Sandall wrote:
> >http://bugs.sourcemage.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5645 is the FHS layout for
> >the ISO bug.
> >
> >According to the bug we (and apparently other distros) aren't quite on
> >the FHS 2.3 bandwagon yet.
> >
> >Having said that, I've grown accustomed to the /media folder on my
> >machine. ;)
>
> On this note I've brought up our old threads about this:
>
> Here is a poll started by Arwed von Merkatz:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2003-November/004795.html
>
> Here is the summary of the poll provided by Arwed von Merkatz:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2003-November/004829.html
>
> Here is a request by Ladislav Hagara to have our next ISO FHS 2.3
> complaint and Eric Schabell saying that, since it's a standard, we
> should follow it:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/sm-discuss/2004-February/005276.html
>
> Summary of the posts: The majority decided against FHS and Arwed sent
> that on to the FHS group, but they went ahead and made their layout a
> "standard". It was then decided that, as it's now an official
> standard, we should follow it.
>
> Personally, I'd like us to follow the standards, even if we think
> they're silly (you can always do `rmdir /media /srv` after an
> install), but then we also have to target our audience, whom said no
> to FHS 2.3.
I personally really dislike /media and /srv, but it's ok to have them by
default on new installs. What I don't want is spells assuming anything
about those dirs, though that shouldn't really happen anyway, as /media
is only a directory for mountpoints and /srv is for user/admin added
server content.
--
Arwed v. Merkatz Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
http://www.sourcemage.org
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[SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Benoit PAPILLAULT, 01/27/2005
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- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Benoit PAPILLAULT, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
neuron, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Frank Switalski, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Karsten Behrmann, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Jose Bernardo Silva, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Arwed von Merkatz, 01/27/2005
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[SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Jeremy Kolb, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3, Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3, Jeremy Kolb, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Jeremy Kolb, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3, Andrew, 01/27/2005
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[SM-Discuss] Re: FHS 2.3,
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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Re: FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Arwed von Merkatz, 01/27/2005
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FHS 2.3 (Was Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available),
Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Benoit PAPILLAULT, 01/27/2005
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Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available,
Mathieu L., 01/27/2005
- Re: [SM-Discuss] x86/ppc/x86_64 test ISO available, Eric Sandall, 01/27/2005
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