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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.

>>teknop+Dv
> Change is breakage for someone so their ought to be a reason to do it,

Simplicity is reason enough to change something.

When things break because of reasonable change, they can be fixed. And in this case, backwards compatibility can be ensured simply by symlinking things.