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

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 09:20:28PM -0700, Richi Plana wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 22:45 -0500, Warren Togami wrote:jA
> > Edubuntu is using /var/lib/tftp as their tftpdir.  Should we use it as well?

/tftpboot is the historical tradition going back about thirty years. Why
break every script, every book and every third party management tool ?

> I would suggest /srv/tftpboot/. If not that, then I really can't think
> of any other place. There's no lib to put in /var/lib/. /var/cache/
> sounds too temporary. /var/share/? Is there such a thing?

/srv is not available to distribution vendors.

Alan