This is a dumb explanation and take by somebody who is stuck in their ways, and refuses to understand modern permissions systems.
The location of a binary executable matters less now than ever, and it’s location on the filesystem doesn’t matter whatsoever. It’s up to whomever packages and nothing more. As long as it’s documented, it doesn’t matter.
Your animosity is perplexing given that the article agrees with you; it even ends with:
Anyway, these are good moves, and I’m glad most prominent Linux distributions are not married to decisions made in the ’70s, especially not when they can be undone without users really noticing anything.
The location of a binary executable matters less now than ever, and it’s location on the filesystem doesn’t matter whatsoever. It’s up to whomever packages and nothing more. As long as it’s documented, it doesn’t matter.
But what if another program expects said user-level-system-binary in that very location?
Then you package them differently to address the naming. It’s not rocket science.
If there are two people named “Tom” in a room, do you just give up and walk out of said room because it’s impossible to find a way to communicate in a room with two people of a similar name? No.
No, but its like you expect your Milk to be in the fridge but its not there, but instead someone put it in the fridge of your neighbour for whatever reason. Why would you look there?
Love Osnews. Been reading since the 00’s.
This is a dumb explanation and take by somebody who is stuck in their ways, and refuses to understand modern permissions systems.
The location of a binary executable matters less now than ever, and it’s location on the filesystem doesn’t matter whatsoever. It’s up to whomever packages and nothing more. As long as it’s documented, it doesn’t matter.
Your animosity is perplexing given that the article agrees with you; it even ends with:
But what if another program expects said user-level-system-binary in that very location?
Then you package them differently to address the naming. It’s not rocket science.
If there are two people named “Tom” in a room, do you just give up and walk out of said room because it’s impossible to find a way to communicate in a room with two people of a similar name? No.
No, but its like you expect your Milk to be in the fridge but its not there, but instead someone put it in the fridge of your neighbour for whatever reason. Why would you look there?
Ever dealt with packaging files? You tell them where to go. It’s a simple manifest that says where files get unzipped and put on the filesystem.
You have zero idea WTF you’re talking about.