On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 11:27:55AM -0500, seth vidal wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 11:28 -0500, Michael DeHaan wrote: > > Warren Togami wrote: > > > Patrice Dumas wrote: > > >> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 07:46:37PM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote: > > >>> For many years, I've used /var/tftp as a location for storing TFTP > > >>> data. This mirrors the use of /var/ftp and /var/www. I therefore > > >>> suggest we change the default configuration in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp to > > >>> reflect this. > > >> > > >> FHS says: > > >> > > >> Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of > > >> /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some > > >> system-wide implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing list. > > >> > > >> Another possibility could be /var/lib/tftp. tftp doesn't exactly qualify > > >> for what should be in /var/lib, but it is not clearly wrong either. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Pat > > >> > > > > > > Edubuntu is using /var/lib/tftp as their tftpdir. Should we use it as > > > well? > > > > Please, please, don't change this. > > > > Pretty much everyone everywhere is using /tftpboot, which makes apps > > needing to mange those directories now understand > > that newer versions of Fedora are "weird". > > > > I can't see any good reason to change this that results in any sort of > > tangible benefit. > > fhs compliance :) And how about reasons which have tangible benefit. fhs is a merely a tick box Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
