Hi all, just to add a quick observation additionally to what Jeff said, sometimes, sysadmins (and company by extension) have to stick with /media and /mnt because of legacy software which are most of time homemade business applications managed by middleware ESB/ETL/etc which handle workflow from those old applications and the rest of the company.
Where I agree with you Tyler is that fundamentaly, /media and /mnt should no longer cohexists, we should choose between one of them definitively and let the sysadmins and company create the missing one manually as all linux sysadmins know how to do that. Jeff, one side question by the way, is there a form to submit ideas on FHS Improvement or should I send my idea on this ML? 2014-10-07 18:53 GMT+02:00 Jeff Licquia <[email protected]>: > First of all, sorry for taking so long to reply. Your message went into > moderation, and I just now noticed it. > > On 09/16/2014 09:00 PM, Tyler Graf wrote: > > So, here's my question, > > Why can't all the mount point in root directory changed to > > /mnt/temporary & /mnt/removable? > > > > In the rule, it said that the reason /media & /mnt existed is because > > they work differently and that /mnt is a mount point for temporarily > > mounted filesystem and /media is a mount point for removable media. > > The main reason for /media as a separate hierarchy than /mnt is > historical. /mnt has existed for many years, and even predates Linux. > Many sysadmins are accustomed to "owning" /mnt (meaning they can mount > stuff there manually, create subdirectories, etc., all at their own whim). > > The use case for /media, OTOH, is for it to be managed automatically by > software that probably can't understand or anticipate the arbitrary > decisions made by sysadmins. Yes, sysadmins could learn differently, > but if we can avoid potential problems with a separate hierarchy, why not? > > It might be more interesting to understand why you want to get rid of > /media. Is it causing you problems? > > -- > Jeff Licquia > The Linux Foundation > +1 (317) 915-7441 > [email protected] > > Linux Foundation Events Schedule: events.linuxfoundation.org > Linux Foundation Training Schedule: training.linuxfoundation.org > _______________________________________________ > fhs-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/fhs-discuss >
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