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As I wrote at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/567405/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/567405/5132 , I have a strong suspicion that Arch Linux dropping the
by JdeBP 7y ago
As I wrote at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/567405/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/567405/5132 , I have a strong suspicion that Arch Linux dropping the FHS is the tipping point, and adherence to the FHS is now the exception not the norm.
- squiggleblaz 7y agoWhy would Arch dropping the FHS be the tipping point? Surely Arch represents hackers and not mainstream Linux users. In much the same way I wouldn't cite Linux users are a tipping point in any computer system convention (but Mac OS or Android or Windows), I wouldn't cite Arch in a Linux system convention (but Debian or Ubuntu or Red Hat). Why do you consider Arch as the tipping point?
- JdeBP 7y agoBecause it would be, if my suspicion proves to be the case, the point where adherence to the FHS tips over from being the norm to the exception. MacOS, Windows, and who Arch users are have nothing to do with it. How many distribution creators have made each of the various choices, does. Arch's decision to use systemd had some influence (in both directions, c.f. Hyperbola Linux). Arch's decision to abandon the FHS in favour of the systemd file-hierarchy may well do likewise.