How do changes to the FHS happen ? [was Re: What's this /run directory doing on my system and where does it come from?]
On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 09:30 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Rahul Sundaram wrote: There are many directories already in Fedora that are not defined by FHS and even though we have asked them to update it (libexec, /selinux /sys etc), there is noone maintaining it. This is stunningly untrue. I've worked for years in the fields of LSB, FHS and LANANA to make sure there are traceable paths for such requests. Post the URLs to your bugs in the LSB / LF tracker if you assert you have done such How do changes to the FHS actually happen ? All I can find is the names of the three past editors of the standard, and a mailing list that seems to be overrun by spam. There doesn't seem to be any body/group that meets regularly to resolve issues and work towards an FHS update. Maybe it is time to set up such a group, e.g., by letting each distro put one representative forward that will discuss and vote on FHS changes on that distro's behalf. I think the group that Lennart worked with is a very encouraging sign that something like this is possible. David -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do changes to the FHS happen ? [was Re: What's this /run directory doing on my system and where does it come from?]
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:41 PM, David Lutterkort lut...@redhat.com wrote: How do changes to the FHS actually happen ? All I can find is the names of the three past editors of the standard, and a mailing list that seems to be overrun by spam. There doesn't seem to be any body/group that meets regularly to resolve issues and work towards an FHS update. Maybe it is time to set up such a group, e.g., by letting each distro put one representative forward that will discuss and vote on FHS changes on that distro's behalf. I think the group that Lennart worked with is a very encouraging sign that something like this is possible. Just for completeness can I ask if the current info at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Storage_Administration_Guide/s1-filesystem-fhs.html and http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ are in fact the latest? If not can someone point to the source of the most current version of the info? Thanks -- mike c -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do changes to the FHS happen ? [was Re: What's this /run directory doing on my system and where does it come from?]
David Lutterkort wrote: How do changes to the FHS actually happen ? see: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=6704952 All I can find is the names of the three past editors of the standard, and a mailing list that seems to be overrun by spam. Someone should ask matti or davem to setup a new ml on vger. Maybe it is time to set up such a group, e.g., by letting each distro put one representative forward that will discuss and vote on FHS changes on that distro's behalf. I think the group that Lennart worked with is a very encouraging sign that something like this is possible. Distributions, and others companies interested in LiNUX/*BSD/UN*X. FHS is not only for LiNUX. -- «Allá muevan feroz guerra, ciegos reyes por un palmo más de tierra; que yo aquí tengo por mío cuanto abarca el mar bravío, a quien nadie impuso leyes. Y no hay playa, sea cualquiera, ni bandera de esplendor, que no sienta mi derecho y dé pecho a mi valor.» -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
Re: How do changes to the FHS happen ? [was Re: What's this /run directory doing on my system and where does it come from?]
On Wed, 30.03.11 12:41, David Lutterkort (lut...@redhat.com) wrote: On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 09:30 -0400, R P Herrold wrote: On Wed, 30 Mar 2011, Rahul Sundaram wrote: There are many directories already in Fedora that are not defined by FHS and even though we have asked them to update it (libexec, /selinux /sys etc), there is noone maintaining it. This is stunningly untrue. I've worked for years in the fields of LSB, FHS and LANANA to make sure there are traceable paths for such requests. Post the URLs to your bugs in the LSB / LF tracker if you assert you have done such How do changes to the FHS actually happen ? All I can find is the names of the three past editors of the standard, and a mailing list that seems to be overrun by spam. There doesn't seem to be any body/group that meets regularly to resolve issues and work towards an FHS update. I wonder if the LSB folks feel responsible for this. Not that I was a big fan of the LSB work (making up standards out of thin air and stuff), but there's at least somebody commited to standards. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
