Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > my main objection is the naming of /com. it seems very counter-intutive; > > > since my experience is that 'com' means 'command'. > > > > This would require changing a *lot* of existing software. > > however, you're already proposing to change even more software, to > use /com, rather than /var.
The GNU Coding Standards have specified /com for like a decade. > > The "com" name is not new. > maybe my experience is limited; but I haven't heard of it before. I > think that says something about how common a notion it is. maybe someone at > MIT used it; but they also used a lot of other things that have fallen by > the wayside. By "not new" I mean "ten years old", not "Carl Soderstrom is familiar with it." _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
