On 05/10/2011 12:28 AM, Kamo Hiroyasu wrote:
I do not understand the benefits of FHS for Unixen other than Linux.
Most Unixen, including OpenBSD, are older than FHS and have their own
historical constraints. What do we obtain except for switching costs
if we accept FHS?
It is not we but FHS people that should explain the benefits. If the
explanation is available and acceptable, we can accept FHS.
Otherwise, we neet not consider FHS.
I would see standardization as its own benefit; app developers like
having a set of conventions they can rely on.
Perhaps, though, I'm not being as clear as I could be. I'm not
necessarily advocating that OpenBSD adopt FHS; my goal is that, since we
are changing FHS, we not exclude anyone who wants to use it. The
standard itself claims to apply to any UNIX-like system, and to not be
Linux-specific; I'm wanting to find out if that's true.
If it's not, all well and good; we proceed on our separate ways. But I
don't want to assume that without asking.
