Re: offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symboliclinks to directories)

[NNK_ml <savantedge at gmail dot com>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:48:40PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:38:47PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>
>>>>Properly off-topic'ed.
>>>>
>>>>On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>From: beau
>>>>>>Sent: 13 April 2005 18:28
>>>>>
>>>>>>Without a doubt or a reservation, this cygwin list is the most
>>>>>>responsive, helpful resource I have ever had the pleasure to rely on.
>>>>>
>>>>>Wow! http://cygwin.com/acronyms#WJN !
>>>>
>>>>Gettin' chilly down there, eh?  ];->
>>>
>>>So, which is it?  responsive and helpful or the most mean-spirited
>>>mailing list since the dawn of Godwin?
>>
>>You're the RCM (1st meaning ;-) ) -- it's your call...  Unless you're
>>planning to put this to a vote?
> 
> 
> But, by the second meaning, whatever call I make would be flawed. :-)
> 
> I think it really is both.  If you are expecting a direct line to a
> developer who will decode your gdb backtraces for you, it could be a
> mean place.  If you are expecting someone to explain why there is a
> /usr/bin and a /bin, then it could be a helpful place.
> 
> cgf
> 

Since we're on the subject...why is there a /bin and a /usr/bin?  Can't
we just dump all the program files in one place?  And I was looking at
SUSE Linux, and it had even more */bins.../bin, /usr/bin, /sbin, etc...

Why...?

-Neil, aka Newbness Incarnate