Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:54:09 -0400 From: <scratch65535@att.net> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: standard locations for port files Message-ID: <76pgqcptlcrvhuavu1bquknbbdfr8n0cdf@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2wFBV3-aUEYXQ3eVqMjxS2kE67G5uLVni=OEjiVe8MyA@mail.gmail.com> References: <59A82622.4030502@gmail.com> <729F1CC6-9A65-4CDF-B7E5-FB520779FD15@adamw.org> <dolgqcpv4ihqsjbas28v0bglrboat4po5c@4ax.com> <CA%2BtpaK2wFBV3-aUEYXQ3eVqMjxS2kE67G5uLVni=OEjiVe8MyA@mail.gmail.com>
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[Default] On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:53:27 -0500, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: >On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 1:41 PM, <scratch65535@att.net> wrote: > >> Why wouldn't logs be in /usr/local/var/...? Given that all >> other port "stuff" is under /usr/local, what advantage is there >> in making logs an exception? >> > >Because logs shouldn't be under /usr. Why not? The current location wasn't determined by natural law, it was just someone's decision, almost certainly made without much thought at all. It could be re-decided just as easily. There are many advantages to predictability that usually go unappreciated because of how pervasive it is in our everyday lives. To take a somewhat trivial example, we know to look for cream in the milk case rather than the ice-cream case even if we'd never shopped in that particular supermarket before, I'm sure you could come up with thousands of similar ways in which your life is effortlessly made easier by predictability.
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