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From: D. J. Bernstein (djbcr.yp.to)
Date: Tue Sep 04 2001 - 17:51:10 CDT

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    Richard Johnson writes:
    > We're not going to break what works to go with the latest fad.

    So the introduction of /var caused problems for you? And /root? And
    /proc? And /emul? Do you also have a problem with new files in /bin, for
    example, or /usr/X11R6? What's so special about the root directory?

    Apparently you found /emul acceptable because it was (very recently!)
    symlinked into /usr/local. Why isn't the same acceptable for /package?

    > there's the hassle of repartitioning hundreds of machines.

    No, there isn't.

    > Aside from the hassle of getting thousands of users retrained

    Huh? We're talking about _new_ packages. The filenames are going to be
    new in any case. Why does the choice between /usr and /package affect
    your training costs?

    > Hey, why don't you make it easy to point $DJB_PACKAGE_DIR at any node
    > in the filesystem we needed to use as $LOCALBASE.

    http://cr.yp.to/compatibility.html

    ---Dan