Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:50:40 -0400 From: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@huiekin.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: A modest hier proposal Message-ID: <ff67e062-a559-388c-cf91-edd83a278232@huiekin.org>
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I recommend we reframe the directory structure. Since I'm sure I will
get no support for merging the existing / and /usr trees to put all base
items in / (/bin, /etc, /lib, /libexec, /share, /sbin), I'm suggesting
the following:
/usr/local -> /pkg
Explicitly define /opt for third-party software that is not in
packages/ports.
Explicitly define /local for locally developed software that has not
been packaged as a port/package.
This leaves us with five areas:
/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,sbin} - base software
/usr/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,sbin} - base software
/pkg/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,sbin} - ports/packages
/opt/{bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,sbin} - third-party software that is not
in ports/packages
/local {bin,etc,lib,libexec,share,sbin} - locally developed software
that has not yet been formalized into a port/package (with symlink from
/usr/local?)
Thanks,
Jim Trigg
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