Has there been any discussion on package formats? There are at least 4 different one out there...
rpm, deb, slp, tgz, etc... What is the status on that... And what are the plans for LSB, when do you expect something usable that distributions can start implementing... /Simon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://seva.chicago.il.us On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Michael Stone wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:43:19 -0500 > From: Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: /mnt/cdrom or /mnt ? > Resent-Date: 31 Mar 1999 00:43:25 -0000 > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > On Tue, Mar 30, 1999 at 06:26:09PM -0600, Seva wrote: > > > IMHO, both /cdrom and /win should go into the root directory. > > > > Keep the / as clean as possible, > > > > Suggestions for /mnt > > > > /mnt/tmp temp (what uses to be /mnt) > > /mnt/loop for loopback devices > > /mnt/cdrom > > /mnt/floppy (/mnt/jazz, /mnt/zip, etc) > > /mnt/remote or /mnt/nfs for temp nfs mounts > > /mnt/win if you have windows partitions > > This is, IMHO, way too complicated. I think a /cdrom is justified because > they're so common, and because the /cdrom mount point itself is fairly common. > But how necessary is a floppy mount point today, and for how much longer? And > specifying jazz, zip, dvd, etc. isn't real scalable. Anything beyond that > (e.g., non-*nix partitions or loopbacks) is getting fairly system-specific, > and > is probably outside the scope of what FHS should specify. > > Mike Stone > > >
