Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:47:24 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-2?Q?=A9imun_Mikecin?= <numisemis@gmail.com> To: Jeff Licquia <licquia@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) and FreeBSD Message-ID: <B3553DE8-8910-4895-994F-55A323433EE2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DC8B14E.4050400@linuxfoundation.org> References: <4DC8B14E.4050400@linuxfoundation.org>
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On 10. svi. 2011., at 05:30, Jeff Licquia wrote: > (Sorry if this isn't the proper list for this discussion. If not, please point me in the right direction.) > > The Linux Foundation's LSB workgroup has taken over maintenance of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, and is working on a number of updates needed since its last release in 2004. > > Despite all the "Linux" in the names above, we're wanting to make sure that the FHS remains independent of any particular UNIX implementation, and continues to be useful to non-Linux UNIXes. > > My question to you is: do you consider the FHS to be relevant to current and future development of FreeBSD? If not, is this simply due to lack of maintenance; would your interest in the FHS be greater with more consistent updates? > > If you are interested, consider this an invitation to participate. We've set up a mailing list, Web site, etc., and are reviving the old bug tracker. More details can be found here: > > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb/fhs FHS is Linux centric instead of trying to be useful to other non-Linux UNIXes (like OpenGroup does). We already have hier(7): http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&format=htmlhelp
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