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

[Michael DeHaan]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 11:28 -0500, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> fhs compliance :)
>
> -sv
>
>
>   
I said tangible :)  

I'm agreed with Alan here.

Things like Cobbler can adapt easily, but we'll blindside lots of 
people, break a lot of management apps, and not really achieve anything 
useful by doing it.

--Michael