Re: [Fedora-livecd-list] RFC- proposal for livecd filesystem layout changes
Colin Walters wrote:
On 9/20/07, Douglas McClendon
<dmc.fedora(a)filteredperception.org> wrote:
> Another benefit is making the iso directory structure look nicer and
> more intuitively understandable for someone looking at it under windows.
>
> [...]
>
> This also
> would make the usb/iso directory structure look cleaner and more
> intuitively understandable to less linux-guru users when they look at
> the directory structure under windows (or anywhere)
I'm not qualified to comment on whether filesystem path cleanups are
useful for other reasons, but I think the Windows thing is not an
interesting benefit. We don't (or shouldn't) require non-developers
to interact with the directory structure, and developers will have to
understand things anyways.
A couple more responses-
First, not to your point but... I think that the same reasons I
advocate these changes for windows users, apply moreso to developers. I
think that the proposed filesystem layout will make more intuitive sense
to developers.
Second, I think I can provide an example use-case refuting your
statement- What about the situation of a user wanting to spin a livecd
with perhaps say... lots of creative commons media content. I.e. a
bunch of .jpgs and .oggs on the iso. I think having a directory
structure like-
/music/(some .oggs)
/images/(some .jpegs)
/documentation/(some releasenotes and other html)
/boot
/LiveOS
looks much better to the user than having /os.img and /osmin.gz and
/isolinux littering the cdrom root filesystem.
It is aesthetics. But I think they really do matter.
-dmc