On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 16:34, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Carl Fürstenberg said: >> FHS 2.3 specifies in >> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SRVDATAFORSERVICESPROVIDEDBYSYSTEM >> to use /srv for "Data for services provided by this system", for >> example /srv/www for web root. >> In the policy, the section >> 9.1.1(http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-opersys.html#s9.1.1) >> specifies that FHS 2.3 is mandatory, except for some exception, and >> the use of /var/www isn't included in that list. >> >> Should we force all httpd:s to use /srv/www instead of /var/www, or >> should an exception to the policy be added? Per >> http://wiki.debian.org/Apache2LennyGoals it states that apache2 has >> support for /srv/www, but it's still defaulting to /var/www. > > Please no. The layout of /srv/ is specifically said to be undetermined, > so we can't actually rely on any paths in /srv/. I think the current > setup is fairly good, actually - by default simple site layouts work out > of the box, and don't interfere with more complicated setups that are > free to use arbitrary hierarchies in /srv. > > Cheers, > >
So you "vote" for an exemption from FSH in this case, as per 9.1.1? -- /Carl Fürstenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
