Nethack 3.4.3 [PSARC/2008/172 FastTrack timeout 03/11/2008]

[Joseph Kowalski]

Bart Smaalders wrote:
> No.
>
> We tried to come to some sort of closure on this when someone derailed
> my nmap case, and articulate a clear set of rules... but it was insisted
> upon that the case not set precedent.
>
> As far as I'm concerned, the logic is simple:
>
> 1) if only root can use the command, it belongs in /usr/sbin which is
> in root's default path.
>
> 2) If the command is generally useful, it belongs in /usr/bin.
I understand.  Unfortunately your view did not carry the majority.  Get 
over it
or try again.  The existing semantic holds.
>>
>> Rules that can be applied on a situational basis, are not rules at all.
>
> Yes.... and I remember vehement arguments that /usr/sbin was supposed
> to have all system admin commands, all dangerous commands, etc.
>
> Indexing commands by directory isn't very useful; it's only a single 
> dimension.
> What about X games vs curses games vs OpenGL games?
>
> As we repeatedly discussed during the Enabling Serendipitous Discovery 
> case,
> placing commands in separate directories does very little good, and 
> tends to
> do harm.
OK.

You and Danek seem to be dogging the issue.

Linux familiarity trumps our internal views about "bin" semantics.

- jek3