Re: djblinux/djbos/"D. J. Bix"

Russell Nelson (Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 06:12:27PM -0400):
> Nicholas E. Walker writes:
>  > That 'ed' is under /package/text and 'gcc' is under /package/misc/spf
>  > indicates a lack of coherency and needless complexity.  
> 
> It indicates a poor design.  It mixes the idea of a naming system with
> a categorization system.  It creates a single point of failure (djb).

This is an old issue. If djb fails to maintain the registries someone
else or a group can fill the gap.

> It invites endless argumentation about whether /foo/bar belongs there,
> or under /baz/bar.  Much better to let people pick any name they want
> under /package.  If you think that's going to let /package get too big
> for ufs and/or ext2 filesystems, then create a hashing system.
> /package/hash-of-name/name.

Since mainly the author chooses a reasonable name there is little
discussion. If anybody is allowed to set up his own files in /package you
can stay with /usr.

-- 
Stefan