On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 05:35 -0500, Douglas McClendon wrote: > Colin Walters wrote: > > On 9/20/07, Douglas McClendon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Another benefit is making the iso directory structure look nicer and > >> more intuitively understandable for someone looking at it under windows. > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> This also > >> would make the usb/iso directory structure look cleaner and more > >> intuitively understandable to less linux-guru users when they look at > >> the directory structure under windows (or anywhere) > > > > I'm not qualified to comment on whether filesystem path cleanups are > > useful for other reasons, but I think the Windows thing is not an > > interesting benefit. We don't (or shouldn't) require non-developers > > to interact with the directory structure, and developers will have to > > understand things anyways. > > A couple more responses- > > First, not to your point but... I think that the same reasons I > advocate these changes for windows users, apply moreso to developers. I > think that the proposed filesystem layout will make more intuitive sense > to developers. > > Second, I think I can provide an example use-case refuting your > statement- What about the situation of a user wanting to spin a livecd > with perhaps say... lots of creative commons media content. I.e. a > bunch of .jpgs and .oggs on the iso. I think having a directory > structure like- > > /music/(some .oggs) > /images/(some .jpegs) > /documentation/(some releasenotes and other html) > /boot > /LiveOS > > looks much better to the user than having /os.img and /osmin.gz and > /isolinux littering the cdrom root filesystem. > > It is aesthetics. But I think they really do matter.
This is basically the crux of why I think it might be worth changing. And in fact have 99% convinced myself to go ahead and commit the patches later tonight or tomorrow. Jeremy -- Fedora-livecd-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-livecd-list
