On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:49:46PM +0200, Emile van Bergen wrote: > But I honestly ask the question. If /usr/games is such a great concept,
I think it is even more useless than /X11R6. > I think one cannot defend /hurd based on the argument that binaries that > are most useful in a specific execution environment set up by a parent > program must be in a separate directory. Because then you should want > /filters too, and people don't seem to. That's what I was saying. Well, what you are saying doesn't make sense. It seems you still have not understood the difference between filters and other programs in /bin on the one hand, and the Hurd servers on the other. > In that case I'd advocate /trans, *just* in case someone starts to > implement true userspace filesystems in Linux or *BSD, and finishes > before the Hurd does, They are a couple of years too late already. > so let's allow the > possibility open that a Linux or BSD-based solution achieves Hurd's > other goals (a user-based filesystem and filesystem-based services in a > free OS), before the Hurd itself does. It is already done. How about trying it out? It can not harm, you seem to be interested in this issue, so I invite you to have a look. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
