/tftpboot vs. /var/tftp vs. something else?

[Michael DeHaan]

Warren Togami wrote:
> Patrice Dumas wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 07:46:37PM -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
>>> For many years, I've used /var/tftp as a location for storing TFTP 
>>> data.  This mirrors the use of /var/ftp and /var/www.  I therefore 
>>> suggest we change the default configuration in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp to 
>>> reflect this.
>>
>> FHS says:
>>
>> Applications must generally not add directories to the top level of
>> /var. Such directories should only be added if they have some
>> system-wide implication, and in consultation with the FHS mailing list.
>>
>> Another possibility could be /var/lib/tftp. tftp doesn't exactly qualify
>> for what should be in /var/lib, but it is not clearly wrong either.
>>
>> -- 
>> Pat
>>
>
> Edubuntu is using /var/lib/tftp as their tftpdir.  Should we use it as 
> well?

Please, please, don't change this.

Pretty much everyone everywhere is using /tftpboot, which makes apps 
needing to mange those directories now understand
that newer versions of Fedora are "weird".

I can't see any good reason to change this that results in any sort of 
tangible benefit.