OK, so what about fsstnd? or will debian create its own file system standard -document-? Will it technically affect debian one way or the other if debian goes its own way?
That is to say, given two scenarios in which all packages follow the rules of the scenario; in one case, using an external standard and in the other, using only part of a standard: will there be -technical- benefit or penalty by choosing one or the other? What if I, as admin, desire -strongly- to follow the standard? Am I OUT OF LUCK with debian? Or will there be a choice within debian? Never mind why I'd want to follow the standard, assume I'm one of say 500,000 admins that would like to follow an accepted standard. Should debian choose to not follow the standard all the way, will there be a DFHS document? If not, my opinion is going against a standard would be a bad thing. How do we teach debian admin courses in classrooms, for example? If teaching is irrelevent and stability due to standards is unimportant, why shouldn't schools choose redhat? (what a horrible, gross thought...) But debian -is- going to produce such a document, because to not do so would leave debian without important documentation, a situation considered by debian to be a bug. No doubt it would be fixed quickly, or is already taken care of. That is, -if- debian cares about standards... -Jim
