On Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 01:52:49PM -0500, Dan Papasian wrote: > It isn't a bad thing. But the UNIX way always has been put the > software that is part of the base OS's into /usr, and software > installed over it into /usr/local. > > Considering with Debian you have a hodepodge of packages from > different vendors, the logical solution to keep with unix tradition > would be have everything installed with the /minimal/ install of > debian go into /usr and everything else go into /usr/local
You seem to be declaring that using a mix of sources is somehow a flaw. Yet, that minimal debian system is no less a mix than debian as a whole -- unless you mean to argue that it's less of a mix because it includes fewer things. So why should that even be the issue? Remember that the goal of debian has always been to build a coherent, free distribution from the variety of available sources. That most of these sources aren't BSD sources shouldn't affect their logical placement. -- Raul
