Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - should it change?

[user1397]

I've been messing around with GoboLinux in virtualbox and was reading some of the documentation from its website. Definitely seems to be a unique from-scratch distro that changes the standard filesystem hierarchy in order to achieve a more logical filesystem.

I recommend reading this before commenting: http://www.gobolinux.org/index.php?page=doc/articles/clueless

Beyond GoboLinux though, isn't this just a generally good idea? Should linux move on from the traditional hierarchy standard to something else? Why or why not?

Curious to hear everyone's opinions.

[The Cog]

That reminds me of this cartoon: https://xkcd.com/927/
I'm not convinced there is enough reason to change the layout to justify all the disruption.
He also claims that distros should be free to do their own thing. Well OK, but it's the beginnings of a walled garden with most people on the outside. I think standards are a good thing.

[user1397]

That reminds me of this cartoon: https://xkcd.com/927/
I'm not convinced there is enough reason to change the layout to justify all the disruption.
He also claims that distros should be free to do their own thing. Well OK, but it's the beginnings of a walled garden with most people on the outside. I think standards are a good thing.
He expressly states that he's not trying to disrupt the linux world, but that he is just proposing an alternative. I brought up the idea of "should other linux distros follow suit" or something along those lines, but the creator of gobolinux clearly isn't trying to impose on anyone.

I fail to see how it would be the "beginning of a walled garden" as you said. Standards come and go, and sometimes a better standard wins and the old standard slowly (or sometimes quickly) dies.

Is there a law somewhere that says the unix filesystem hierarchy standard should never change? Did we reach an evolutionary cul de sac as far as filesystem hierarchies?

I think not!

Of course, this is all food for thought, and very speculative, I'll give you that.

[QIII]

More logical or more in tune with the author's aesthetic sensibilities?

Should it change? If there were a demonstrably better model and the transition to that arrangement were not so disruptive as to be prohibitive, why not?

But for a recent example of how disruptive and acrimonious such things can be, one only has to look to the example of the recent trend toward systemd.