Re: RFC: Apache HTTPD 2.0

["Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>]

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Max Bowsher wrote:
>
> > Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
> > > > > > > > Max Bowsher writes:
> > >
> > >    > I'd like some opinions...
> > >
> > > Do we really need another top level directory /srv ?
> >
> > First, thanks for looking at the package!
> >
> > To answer your question, Cygwin generally follows the FHS, and FHS 2.3
> > says /srv is the proper place for such things. SuSE has picked up on
> > this change, too.
>
> FHS also defines /sbin for local administrative utility programs, but we
> use /usr/sbin (since Cygwin makes no distinction between local and remote
> mounts, and doesn't need something to be present at boot, like Linux
> does).  How about changing /srv to /usr/srv?

Because that would be just bizarre.

The FHS defines both /sbin and /usr/sbin, but only defines /srv,  not 
/usr/srv.

Also the FHS defines /usr to be read-only during normal operation.

Max.