Alpine Linux plans /usr merge

The Alpine Linux project has announcedplans to change its base filesystem hierarchy:

In the future, /lib, /bin, and /sbinwill be symbolic links to their /usr counterparts, and every packageshall be installed under the /usr paths. For now,/usr/bin and /usr/sbin will continue to be independent paths,but that might change if the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) getsupdated.

The merge will take place in the upcoming Alpine3.23 releaseplanned for November; non-merged systems will be consideredunsupported when 3.22 is at its end of life in May 2027.