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kumba at gentoo

Mar 15, 2012, 5:47 AM


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Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [In reply to]
On 03/14/2012 16:55, Zac Medico wrote:

>> Deprecation of this practice would mean that people could type
>> /bin/command instead of /usr/bin/command in situations where absolute
>> paths are necessary. We could symlink things in /usr to rootfs for
>> compatibility with legacy software. In a more extreme case, we could
>> symlink /usr to /, which would make plenty of sense given that we do not
>> need a separate /usr at all.
>
> I'm not seeing any compelling benefits here that would justify a lack of
> conformity with other *nix distros. It seems almost as though it's an
> attempt to be different for the sake of being different, perhaps a
> symptom of something like NIH syndrome.


Gentoo, by its very nature, has always been regarded as somewhat
non-conformist. When Gentoo first popped onto the scene, most other distros
didn't do colors in the terminal. We did. And it all branches out from there.

--
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba [at] gentoo
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28

"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And
our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."

--Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic
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Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kumba at gentoo Mar 12, 2012, 6:22 PM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kentfredric at gmail Mar 12, 2012, 6:37 PM
        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 6:07 AM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kumba at gentoo Mar 12, 2012, 7:16 PM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] axs at gentoo Mar 12, 2012, 7:33 PM
        Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kumba at gentoo Mar 12, 2012, 8:14 PM
            Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] robbat2 at gentoo Mar 12, 2012, 8:53 PM
            Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] axs at gentoo Mar 13, 2012, 6:36 AM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] lu_zero at gentoo Mar 12, 2012, 10:17 PM
        Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kumba at gentoo Mar 13, 2012, 5:20 PM
            Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] rich0 at gentoo Mar 13, 2012, 5:52 PM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] jer at gentoo Mar 13, 2012, 3:31 AM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] jamesbroadhead at gmail Mar 13, 2012, 4:54 AM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] mschiff at gentoo Mar 13, 2012, 7:41 AM
        Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] jamesbroadhead at gmail Mar 13, 2012, 4:12 PM
        Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] cloos at jhcloos Mar 14, 2012, 5:00 AM
            Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:52 AM
                Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] 1i5t5.duncan at cox Mar 14, 2012, 11:48 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kentfredric at gmail Mar 14, 2012, 1:10 PM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] kumba at gentoo Mar 13, 2012, 5:16 PM
        Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] 1i5t5.duncan at cox Mar 14, 2012, 1:39 AM
            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 5:40 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 7:41 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! purslow at ca Mar 14, 2012, 7:51 AM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 8:04 AM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ciaran.mccreesh at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 8:08 AM
                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 8:22 AM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ciaran.mccreesh at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 8:59 AM
                                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 2:00 PM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! quantumsummers at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 9:28 AM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! mk at dee Mar 14, 2012, 10:11 AM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! waltdnes at waltdnes Mar 14, 2012, 1:12 PM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 4:04 AM
                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! rich0 at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:30 AM
                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 7:41 AM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:47 PM
                                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 7:43 PM
                                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 15, 2012, 8:01 PM
                                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 16, 2012, 8:18 AM
                                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! michael at orlitzky Mar 16, 2012, 10:00 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:29 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! quantumsummers at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:58 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! rich0 at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:59 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ciaran.mccreesh at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 11:04 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! mk at dee Mar 14, 2012, 11:36 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 11:56 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! michael at orlitzky Mar 14, 2012, 12:14 PM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 12:26 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! levertond at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 12:57 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 1:03 PM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 1:55 PM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 2:05 PM
                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 9:10 PM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:47 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 6:36 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! jer at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 12:30 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 2:04 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! levertond at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 3:14 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 3:39 PM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 3:49 PM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 4:27 PM
                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 4:37 PM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 4:51 PM
                                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! rich0 at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 6:07 PM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! lu_zero at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:18 PM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! m.gysel at gmail Mar 15, 2012, 1:13 AM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:40 AM
                                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 15, 2012, 1:44 PM
                                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! waltdnes at waltdnes Mar 17, 2012, 12:12 AM
                                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! waltdnes at waltdnes Mar 18, 2012, 10:21 PM
                                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:34 AM
                                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 15, 2012, 1:45 PM
                                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! mk at dee Mar 15, 2012, 2:49 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 3:51 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! levertond at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 4:21 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:16 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 4:44 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 4:58 PM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 5:07 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! levertond at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 5:29 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 7:01 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 4:47 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! levertond at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 5:36 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 5:45 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! levertond at googlemail Mar 14, 2012, 5:49 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:27 AM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 8:29 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 5:58 PM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 6:06 PM
                        Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 6:49 PM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 16, 2012, 4:29 PM
                            Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 16, 2012, 4:29 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! zmedico at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 6:37 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 14, 2012, 6:44 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! lu_zero at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:04 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! lu_zero at gentoo Mar 14, 2012, 10:24 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! sionescu at cddr Mar 15, 2012, 4:20 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:23 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:09 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 5:51 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 6:05 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! kumba at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 6:22 AM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! gregkh at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 7:42 AM
                    Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! rich0 at gentoo Mar 15, 2012, 12:04 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! caneko at gmail Mar 15, 2012, 6:17 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! caneko at gmail Mar 15, 2012, 6:18 PM
                Re: Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! ryao at cs Mar 16, 2012, 3:41 PM
    Re: Let's redesign the entire filesystem! [was newsitem: unmasking udev-181] 1i5t5.duncan at cox Mar 14, 2012, 11:33 PM

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