Various notes on /usr unification

"/usr unification" (or simply "usrmove") is the idea of moving the contents of /bin, /lib, and related root-level directories into their equivalents under /usr. That this scheme is controversial can be seen from that fact that, when LWN pointed to a document describing the motivations behind the move, a thread of well over 250 comments resulted. One would think, from the volume of comments on LWN and elsewhere, that this change is a threat to the very nature of Linux. Either that, or it has inspired one of the biggest bikeshedding exercises in some time.

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