On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 22:50 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 23:53 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 09:27 -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > Me too. /opt appears to be not used at all. Packages like OO used to > > > > live there, and /usr/bin is REALLY crowded nowadays since the use > > > > of /usr/X11/bin got canceled. I'm wondering too. Ric > > > ---- > > > /opt is where vendor packages are normally installed, generally, but not > > > always commercial packages, i.e. BrightStor ArcServe will install there, > > > also, Dell's OMSA and the rpms you download from OpenOffice.org > > > > > > The growth of the number of files in /usr/bin is a testimony to the vast > > > array of software available for Fedora. > > > > I agree, there's a ton of stuff and I'm not complaining about that, > > nosiree. My comment is that the one directory looks just a little bit > > full. At least with /usr/X11R6/bin it reduced the amount of traffic > > in /usr/bin. If only there was a way to divvy up /usr/bin into standard > > subsets, that everyone could agree on, such > > as /usr/multimedia/bin, /usr/games/bin and so forth. It's a thought. Nor > > would it be a huge deal to do. Ric > ---- > ignoring of course, the whole point of the FHS itself which sadly, > doesn't exist to satisfy Ric Moore's or Gene Poole's sense of the way > things should be but rather be an entirely predictable point to put > "Binaries that are not needed in single-user mode" Whoa Craig, did you see one "should" in my post?? You used the word, but not I. I thought I was very careful to say what I wrote. I merely said it was a "thought" and you upped it into a "should". It's better, from what I've learned, when "should" isn't in anyones mouth. But I doubt that back when anyone would imagine the vast number of files that are now in /usr/bin. Again, merely my observation. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
