I strongly agree. And while it would have been nice to update the standard prior to this change, in practice that would ensure that the change didn't happen fo

I strongly agree. And while it would have been nice to update the standard prior to this change, in practice that would ensure that the change didn't happen for a long time, if ever. By having most of the major distros in on this we can be assured a quick adoption of the fix and hopefully a an update to the FHS. Keeping in line with standards and specifications is extremely important to prevent fragmentation of the Linux ecosystem, but allowing those same documents to hold back [legitimate] progress is nothing more than foolish.