> I have thought about this some before and am very much in favor of > making /usr a real directory which is optionally a separate filesystem > IN DEBIAN HURD. It is very nice that the Hurd is flexible enough not > to require /usr, but let's face it: the Debian operating system > requires it.
Distribution. It's important to be precise here - debian needs the /usr directory because some scripts we may port will rely on / != /usr > Let's just add that (removal of /usr) to the list of things to do > (along with renaming /etc as /conf) when we decide to ditch Unix > compatibility for whatever reason. Is this a suitable aim? ditching *NIX compatibility, I mean. Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
