Re: reorganization of /var/lib gentoo-related files

Maciej Mrozowski wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 of December 2008 17:28:09 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>> You could use the same argument to say "Gentoo must switch to RPM
>> because LSB says so".
> 
> No, I would be invalid argumentation - I know it - you know it, so let's not 
> continue with discussion of this kind until one side will EOT seeing it's 
> pointless, while the other side will secretly announce epic victory ;)

I actually agreed with Ciaran on this point. especially seeing I would 
like us to follow the parts of LSB that make sense within the Gentoo 
ecosystem.  (take Init Script Actions as an possible example 
http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/iniscrptact.html).

> 
> It's not the point to blindly follow freedesktop or LSB - the point is to 
> consistently follow one standard across whole distribution - if it's FHS - 
> fine, if not - fine as well - but *only one* at a time.
 >
 > That being said I'd rather propose to force Gentoo news to comply to 
FHS as
 > FHS is the most commonly used file/directory layout in Gentoo.
 >

This really is bikeshedding......   Isn't consistently following a 
standard also blindly following it.  So when you ask us to consistently 
follow FHS why not ask for us to blindly follow it.

Man this is getting boring.

> cheers in new year
>