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

On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 06:12:27PM -0400, Russell Nelson wrote:
> 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).
> 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.

We talked about this before: I think there is absolutely no reason to
use the second level of the /package/{admin,data,...} crap.  It just
results in endless discussions about where a particular package
belongs; emails are sent back and forth, and eventually, Dan will
decide where he will put a particular package---hardly a comforting
process especially knowing Dan's speed of answering emails.

Mate