On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 14:16 +0200, Jiri Moskovcak wrote: > On 03/30/2011 02:04 PM, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > On 03/30/2011 01:54 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > >> Heya, > >> > >> I just uploaded a new version of systemd into F15, which establishes a > >> directory /run in the root directory. Most likely you'll sooner or later > >> stumble over it, so here's an explanation what this is and why this is. > >> > >> It's a fairly minor technical change, > > > > It's a massive FHS violation > > > > => release blocker. > > It doesn't seem to break anything so even applications which use the old > ugly ways will still work in F15, so why this would be a blocker? Or am > I missing something? Right. As far as I'm aware, FHS is a _required minimum_ - we must have all the FHS directories. It's not a _maximum_ - it doesn't preclude the existence / use of other directories. FHS preamble states: "We do this by: ... Specifying the minimum files and directories required," and the section on the Root Filesystem states: "Distributions should not create new directories in the root hierarchy without extremely careful consideration of the consequences including for application portability." But it specifically does not _preclude_ distributions from creating new directories in the root hierarchy. It just says there should be careful consideration of the consequences. From what I can see, that is certainly the case here, and given the summary provided by Lennart, there should be no consequences for application portability. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
