Re: Progress on a "spiritual" derivation of GoboLinux.

For what it's worth, I strongly agree with Liam's opinion.

With regards to "/Files", see:

http://blog.gobolinux.org/2009/08/13/status-of-015/ Status of 015
http://blog.gobolinux.org/2009/10/25/scripts-2-9-11-and-compiile-1-12-4-released-and-an-update-on-015/ 
Scripts 2.9.11 and Compiile 1.12.4 released; and, an update on 015

On 29/04/2013 12:59, Liam Proven wrote:
 > ...
 >
 > But there already is such a thing - the hidden system of symlinks.
 >
 > I would either say stick with the existing system *completely*
 > unmodified - it survived 14 releases and is the end result of a lot of
 > consideration and work - or, and this is I would say a *much* less
 > desirable version - adopt Apple's layout, as that is familiar to
 > hundreds of millions and also exhaustively tried and tested.
 >
 > Obviously, it's your project and I can't tell you what to do, but I
 > would say, *DO NOT* reinvent the wheel yet again.
 >
 > ...
 >
 > Neither of them makes any sense to me, both involve huge amounts of
 > pointless duplication, and TBH, with no offence intended, neither is
 > anything I would have any interest in using.
 >
 > ...
 >
 > It's 2013. Rescue systems boot off USB or CD at a push. Again, this
 > seems like pointless duplication to me.
 >
 > Sorry to be so negative, but since I read your post I've been thinking
 > about a more "positive" way to put my reply but I couldn't think of
 > one.