[Fedora-livecd-list] RFC- proposal for livecd filesystem layout changes

[Douglas McClendon]

Colin Walters wrote:
> On 9/20/07, Douglas McClendon <dmc.fedora at filteredperception.org> wrote:
>> Another benefit is making the iso directory structure look nicer and
>> more intuitively understandable for someone looking at it under windows.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>  This also
>> would make the usb/iso directory structure look cleaner and more
>> intuitively understandable to less linux-guru users when they look at
>> the directory structure under windows (or anywhere)
> 
> I'm not qualified to comment on whether filesystem path cleanups are
> useful for other reasons, but I think the Windows thing is not an
> interesting benefit.  We don't (or shouldn't) require non-developers
> to interact with the directory structure, and developers will have to
> understand things anyways.

A couple more responses-

First, not to your point but...  I think that the same reasons I
advocate these changes for windows users, apply moreso to developers.  I
think that the proposed filesystem layout will make more intuitive sense
to developers.

Second, I think I can provide an example use-case refuting your
statement-  What about the situation of a user wanting to spin a livecd
with perhaps say... lots of creative commons media content.  I.e. a
bunch of .jpgs and .oggs on the iso.  I think having a directory
structure like-

/music/(some .oggs)
/images/(some .jpegs)
/documentation/(some releasenotes and other html)
/boot
/LiveOS

looks much better to the user than having /os.img and /osmin.gz and
/isolinux littering the cdrom root filesystem.

It is aesthetics.  But I think they really do matter.

-dmc