On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 13:01 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:30 AM, <brainworker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> If everything is to end up in /usr, then I'd argue that this makes /usr > >>> superfluous. If merging is to be done, then IMO things should be moved > >>> out > >>> of /usr, not moved in. > >> > >> well no > >> the point is to have a single top-level directory for a single purpose. > >> > >> so distribution provided files will go to /usr, local-system > >> configuration in /etc, /run is for runtime state, /var is the > >> local-system state (the non-ephemeral state). > > > > My variant is: > > > > /lib -> /usr/lib > > /bin -> /usr/bin > > /sbin -> /usr/bin > > > > After that rename: > > /usr to /system > > /etc to /config > > /dev to /device > > > > Why not using clear (and not so short) names to indicate real purpose! > > > Yes, why not just turn the device into android... renaming for the > sake of renaming serves no purpose. There are real benefits to moving > /lib and /bin into /usr, renaming folders does not provide any real > benefits. Today I hope we'll keep /usr, /etc, /dev etc., but when I started to use Linux /system, /config would be easier to understand. Well, between /dev and /device there's no difference, even for my completely broken English. However, I'm not sure if "brainworker" is serious or sarcastic ;p. Regards, Ralf
