Jakub wrote:
> The idea is that /srv contains system services that are essential for
> the proper functioning of the system: locsrv, vfs, inetsrv, ns. These
> are supposed to be the 'servers' as in 'multiserver'. On the other hand,
> websrv is not that essential and falls into a completely different
> category. Typically, the user will not want to run anything from /srv
> manually, which might not be the case of websrv.
OK, so how about file_bd? Is it essential for the proper operating of the 
system or not? That's a server that the user will normally start manually 
(unless we change it to a singleton that is started automatically and add some 
administration utility for it), so does it belong under /srv?

OTOH do you normally run Apache by hand on your Linux box? Probably not, 
because it is set up as a service that is started by the init scripts...

> To make the distinction clearer, we could introduce something like
> /netsrv or /dmn or /usrv.
I don't  believe in creating a gazillion directories for binaries, especially 
based on some arbitrary rules. I believe that with time and experience we will 
see whether there is a need/practical benefit for some sort of classification. 
Until then this discussion is purely bikeshedding.

-Jiri

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