From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...1.vip.lng.yahoo.com>
Date: 2003-06-12T05:35:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Rubyx (provisionally named) linux distro. Made by and run by Ruby

il 11 Jun 2003 13:59:17 -0600, Eric Schwartz <emschwar@pobox.com> ha
scritto::

>Andrew Walrond <andrew@walrond.org> writes:
>> Well; The basic file structure has been rationalised, and each package 
>> exists in its own directory; pkg/bash, pkg/glibc etc so its real easy to 
>> see what file belongs to which package. Turns one big amorphous blob of 
>> files into easily understandable and manageable chunks. Hard links back 
>> into bin etc make everything work as expected.
>
>Have you looked at the FHS?  It's been hashed out by quite a few
>people, and has a very good reason for looking the way it does.  If
>you're not FHS-compliant, you almost certainly want to be, or you'll
>be confusing the $#*&! out of your users, most likely.


I suppose he *wants* to break compat. 
I think that linux/*nix needs a great rethinking.
Or maybe I just read osnews.com too often ;)