On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 11:36 -0500, Michael DeHaan wrote: > 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 :) > > > > -sv > > > > > > > I said tangible :) > > I'm agreed with Alan here. > > Things like Cobbler can adapt easily, but we'll blindside lots of > people, break a lot of management apps, and not really achieve anything > useful by doing it. > I've always hated non-compliant packages and really, really hated things polluting / for me. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
