Re: GNU directory structure proposal

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From: Andrew Wilcox
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1991 20:49

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Actually, I hope that GNU will also not use abbreviations for the
standard directory names.  When a new user sees a name such as "src",
they don't know that it means "source".  Often use of an abbreviation is a
signal to the user that the matter is technical and they won't
understand it, so they don't try.

"Package" is much better than "program".  Thank you.

With a virtual file system, it is easy to make a view of the directory
structure that does use abbreviated names.  Then hackers like us who
hate typing out long names can still use "/usr/bin/whatever".  But I
feel that the default view should be unabbreviated names.

Andrew Wilcox
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
(awilcox@astro.psu.edu)

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