The FHS /usr song

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 13:55 +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 01:06:31PM +0100, Laurent Rineau wrote:
> > 
> > In an ideal word, I would have preferred that any configuration file that has 
> > a meaning in a site-wise configuration exists in both /etc/ and /usr.
> 
> And there should be a third configuration file which would contain the
> vendor/packager/upstream defaults, which would change on updates without
> breaking users config and sometimes be necessary to have the software
> still working correctly.
In practice, such concepts don't work, because each party involved into
integrating a package into a system, thinks in different categories
based on their (necessarily limited) personal background.

Ralf