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

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 11:36 -0500, Michael DeHaan wrote:
> 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.
> 

I've always hated non-compliant packages and really, really hated things
polluting / for me.

-sv