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>>taubek+(OP)
I once sent out a proposal on the FreeBSD lists to merge /sbin with /bin, and /usr/sbin with /usr/bin. People were concerned that this would slow down the system, due to PATH lookups taking longer. Even when I demonstrated the opposite was true (it being faster due to fewer directories needing to be scanned), I wasn't able to get consensus. What a shame.

>>EdScho+Oa
What was the reason for wanting to merge? Change is breakage for someone so their ought to be a reason to do it, rather that a reason not to.

We _could_ all decide to drive on the otherside of the road, if the other side is better, but you have to incorporate the cost of the change.