[RFC] /var versus /srv

[Alan Cox]

On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:39:49PM -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote:
> Fedora has had the /srv directory in its default configuration for 
> awhile now, and I think its high time we used it. Under the latest FHS 
> specifications this is the correct place for /var/www and /var/ftp/pub 
> and the like.

I disagree. It is also impossible for a distribution to use /srv for anything
because

"Distributions must take care not to remove locally placed files in these directories without administrator permission."

Which would cause updates to fail. Very simply "/srv" is a mistake in the FHS
spec and treated as that by pretty much everyone on the planet.