Given that server's under heavy load, here's a copy-paste: "The bootstrap utility for the upcoming release of Debian 9 “Stretch” will feature the ability to me

Given that server's under heavy load, here's a copy-paste: "The bootstrap utility for the upcoming release of Debian 9 “Stretch” will feature the ability to merge utilities from the root file system into the /usr file system. This essentially means directories like /bin and /sbin will simply be symbolic links to content stored in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. Ansgar Burchardt has suggested this file system layout might be made the default behaviour for future versions of Debian: “It has been previously suggested to make this the default for (at least) new installations. I think Russ’ earlier mail explains quite well why the split between / and /usr doesn’t really work out for Debian these days and that trying to maintain it for some configurations (which are not documented) is mostly busy-work. There is also a nice article on LWN summarizing earlier discussions. I found these arguments convincing enough and would like to see the default switched to merged-/usr for Stretch and later. Possibly also switching systems on upgrade to the new scheme (not necessarily already in the Stretch release cycle).” Source: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2016/09/msg00269.html" https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2016/09/msg00269.html"