[haiku-development] Re: AW: Re: RFC: /usr symlink?
- From: Ari Haviv <arielbhaviv@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:56:53 -0400
So true in more than one way...
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:40 AM, superstippi@xxxxxx <superstippi@xxxxxx>wrote:
> Hi, sorry for Top-posting.
>
> If memory serves, usr stands for Unix Shared Resources. Nothing to do with
> User.
>
> Best regards,
> Stephan
>
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> Von: "Julian Harnath" <julian.harnath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> An: <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Betreff: [haiku-development] Re: RFC: /usr symlink?
> Datum: Fr., Okt. 11, 2013 09:46
>
>
> Alexander von Gluck IV <kallisti5@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
> > Thoughts?
>
> I'd rather go the route of finding a different workaround, e.g. the
> idea of adding it to runtime loader which is invisible to the user.
>
> If we make the file system hierarchy *look* more like unix then people
> coming from such systems will also expect it to *behave* more like it.
> They might also expect that there's a /usr/share or /usr/doc and many
> other things. Creating wrong expectations leads to confusion so I think
> a workaround-solution which is invisible to the user is a better way to
> handle it.
>
> Last but not least, I don't like a symlink called "usr" to system files.
> The name doesn't make sense. Why put system files in a directory name
> abbreviated for "user"? (This [1] nice little text gives an explanation
> of how "usr" ended up being what it is today and why it doesn't make
> sense.)
>
> For our /var at least, the name is fine, it's a place for files which
> are variable. Although I'm not too fond of such abbrevations, at least
> it makes sense. Same for /dev, /bin or /tmp. "etc" is a puzzling name
> again - to this day, I'm not even sure what "etc" stands for. It always
> reminds me of "et cetera" but that doesn't make sense... but well, we
> have it and it's okay to keep it.
>
>
> [1] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html
>
> --
> So long, jua
>
>
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