From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 15 22:24:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADB80106566C for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from hs-out-0708.google.com (hs-out-0708.google.com [64.233.178.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648018FC12 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:24:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by hs-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id m63so3911849hsc.11 for ; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:24:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JaqBNxzSzpmsVBW0KVBIxBRl9oZ6tZLDNmOWyU/dod0=; b=YVG074SQJYVINqcBAAdDdOzy7vzD+1Hgmm8vcusGGK5L1AV9zHktB1uXIqppHzGg653KlSgFck/rjGjKQl4tI8uN0OE6kV102I2XH+GnR7HUo0ZpqWO2hJZbX//NnHVaqRgvlyzuONZ8ozlUk6KkKGAeyOpD7dfvIFWBncb76BI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=r1OUmEGqD+uKLVYaE8U5VKy+6OVFfw5pXocGo1bmHDSjn5maEqReohrHF/UsTYzSsQU6fWGbRpz9cwq+VNv8PdxdcZQsBi1nzC4ekjrGsUC7Jb0cm5KfoFrEQi90x08dBXGutFMO4NJ0dsriwp7V6XylLyB1JXcsWyWKNdXSWJc= Received: by 10.65.15.19 with SMTP id s19mr27659378qbi.79.1205619854022; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:24:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.70.2 with HTTP; Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64c038660803151524x784331a0m589335709fd56e03@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:24:13 -0600 From: Modulok To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200803141812.17959.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <64c038660803131829q36310d80k3d8a041569e61ff7@mail.gmail.com> <20080314152553.GD19851@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <47DA9E42.4070702@dial.pipex.com> <200803141812.17959.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Subject: Re: /usr/local/www a tradition? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:24:15 -0000 > like system update? > keep it clean keep it simple > what will happen if you will decide to update system/software and > everything will be in random places not where is should be? I'm not too concerned with that. Automatic system updates are the key to temporal instability, arguably at the cost of security, but that's another story best saved for later... > I dislike the notion of putting project-specific data under /usr/local. > Config files and the like are easy to control, but large trees should be > able to live wherever I want them to live. I concur. I thought it would be easiest to keep all non-system data in one place (/home), but thought I'd best get the general consensus first. You have all been quite helpful. Thank you much. -Modulok-