Re: git: 36db6b04962a - main - hier(7): document /home/ and /usr/home/

On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 04:48:12PM -0500, Mike Karels wrote:
> ...
> I'm sure the kludge was originally done when root and /usr were separate
> file systems by default, root was small, and there was no /home by default.

I think that's the idea, yes.  FWIW, I still partition my drives this way:
2~4GB root with big /usr and /home (the latter lives on separate partition
because it's encrypted).  For non-encrypted setup, /home does not have to
be a separate partition and can be a symlink to `usr/home'.  I actually
don't find this inconvenient or particularly kludgy.  Surely it's nice to
be able to encrypt one's data, but it's also nice not having to worry if
you'd suddenly get ENOSPC while there's still plenty of room on adjacent
partition.

> However, we now default to a single large file system (with datasets, in
> the ZFS case).

ZFS makes it all easier of course, but at its present state is not usable
on 13+, so I'm confined to UFS until ZoL guys can fix their sh^code. :(

./danfe