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Various notes on /usr unificationVarious notes on /usr unificationPosted Feb 28, 2012 21:41 UTC (Tue) by flewellyn (subscriber, #5047)In reply to: Various notes on /usr unification by miguelzinho Parent article: Various notes on /usr unification
Very interesting link, thank you! It's funny seeing how a temporary hack got turned into a rule with lots of post-hoc justification.
I do note this amusing bit from the post:
>I'm still waiting for /opt/local to show up...
I have seen this in the wild! If you use Macports on OS X, /opt/local is where the ports tree and all packages installed through it live.
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Various notes on /usr unification Posted Feb 29, 2012 13:53 UTC (Wed) by sorpigal (subscriber, #36106) [Link] I think the point is that it's not just some justifications after the fact, it's new requirements that happen to rely on old behaviors. Change the old behaviors, break the new requirements. Maybe the original behavior was silly but the new requirement still relies on it and if you change the original behavior users of the new thing will not be satisified with "the original reason for that behavior no longer exists."
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