Yesterday, Benjamin Scott gleaned this insight:
> Of course, then the debate turns into a "which one is /usr/local, and what
> do you call the other one?" flamewar. The argument is almost entirely
> cosmetic at that point.
>
> Personally, I favor putting files local to the machine in /usr/local, and
> creating a seperate structure for the organization mounted at root. You can
> then have /foo/bin, /foo/opt/matlab, /foo/home, /foo/mail, and so forth.
As do most right-thinking sysadmins... :)
> The reason I favor this is mainly that the site structure tends to be manually
> typed more often, and therefore fewer keystrokes is a good thing. ;) But
> again, it is a matter of personal preference.
>
> > This debate is truly about pointlessly debating the semantics of the
> > situation! :)
Sure, but what else are pedants good for!?!?!?
=8^) <-- actual photo of the author!
[Note: for those of you who are not Paul/Ben, please don't get all
huffy... we're just playing!]
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You know that everytime I try to go where I really want to be,
It's already where I am, cuz I'm already there...
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