Laszlo (Laca) Peter writes:
> On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 16:00 -0500, Kyle McDonald wrote:
> > I don't think emulating linux is worthwhile at all, but it seems that if 
> > that's what is deisre here, naming it /usr/linux might make more sense. 
> 
> "Linux" is the name of a kernel.

It's also the name used by distributions, which contain hundreds of
packages that are _not_ the kernel.  This is why I mentioned
distributions in my previous reply.

>  The command environment used by
> Linux distributions is mostly GNU.

The part I'm sticking on is the word "mostly."

If the assertion here is that the definition of /usr/gnu put forward
is in fact sufficient to satisfy the needs of Linux refugees arriving
on Solaris shores, then I'm rather surprised, but I'll reluctantly go
along with the proposal.

If that's not the assertion, and if all we're building is an
FSF-purist garden, then I fail to see the point.  Linux users will be
offered a bewildering array of /usr/gnu, /usr/schilly, /usr/moz,
/usr/expat, and others.

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