Hi, On 08.05.2013 10:11, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mercredi 08 mai 2013 à 11:59 +0400, Игорь Пашев a écrit : >> I proposed exactly an opposite thing for databases :-) >> >> If do not like /usr/home, you might not like to have your data under >> /var/lib ;-) > > The FHS has the perfect place for such data: /srv. I agree we should > move the data there, but there is no reason to invent a new place.
Sadly not. While I agree that /var/lib is the wrong location and /srv is more correct, we cannot use /srv as a distribution, while every site user is allowed to use /srv for that. That's the purpose of /srv, after all. However, we, as distribution are not allowed by means of FHS to assume any directory layout, or sub-directory structure below /srv ("Therefore, no program should rely on a specific subdirectory structure of /srv existing or data necessarily being stored in /srv. However /srv should always exist on FHS compliant systems and should be used as the default location for such data") [1]. If you find some better directory than /var/lib (or, similarly, for /var/www) let me know. See also [2]. I'm still seeking one. [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM [2] <4f8a1567.80...@debian.org> // https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/04/msg00301.html -- with kind regards, Arno Töll IRC: daemonkeeper on Freenode/OFTC GnuPG Key-ID: 0x9D80F36D
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