max bianco <maximilianbianco(a)gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
Speaking as probably one of the most inexperienced Fedora users
subscribing to this list. I whole-heartedly agree with this sentiment.
Its already been said but I will say it again anyway. Those that know
how to add things to their $PATH will do just that and not be
inconvenienced. If you don't know how to find ifconfig and add it to
your $PATH then you probably would just shoot yourself in the foot
with it, if you don't know but are motivated you can certainly find
this info easily enough. Our time on this earth is limited but its
not that limited. For the love of god do not change things because it
will save you 3 minutes every 6 months.
I'm certainly no newbie (futzing around on Unixy systems since the early
80ies), but I just couldn't agree more for the "average user" case. Power
users will fix any (very minor) annoyance this causes, and move on.
The */sbin was a step forward in putting some order into the mess. So some
commands got missclassified? Sh*t happens. Others /can/ be useful for users
on foot? Create a user-friendly command (even a shell script!) that gives
access to the (limited) functionality they want/need/can use.
[Yet again a huge squabble... the religious aspect to it should warn that
this really doesn't matter much one way or the other.]
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