On Sunday 20 November 2011, Roger Luedecke wrote:
You may recall me freaking out about all these strange new partitions. I have since read the document from Fedora concerning it.
You are referencing this "document", right? http://lwn.net/Articles/436012/
IMHO I think this is brilliant. I personally am a fan of the straightforward, especially since I am hardly any sort of Linux guru.
IMO /run is not the worst thing at all. But it's a major change. Simply doing such things without thinking carefully about all possible impact is the wrong way.
The more straightforward and transparent the system is, the more chance I have to learn, fix things, and remember where the heck to find stuff!
There is a "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" where admins, users and developers can read about where to find or where to put files. Old standards may not be entirely perfect forever but they are required keep things transparent specially for people who _have_ learned it already. Reading Poettering's email "Hey there, today we have /run" is absolutely the opposite of a doing things straightforward and transparent.
Thank you for this (apparently) bold, but no-brainer decision. I feel that common sense has won the day, and am glad that I chose a distribution willing to make controversial choices when they are obviously good.
How/where exactly opensuse has _made_ that decision? I've missed it. cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org