Alpine Linux plans /usr merge

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

In the future, /lib, /bin, and /sbin
will be symbolic links to their /usr counterparts, and every package
shall 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) gets
updated.

The merge will take place in the upcoming Alpine 3.23 release
planned for November; non-merged systems will be considered
unsupported when 3.22 is at its end of life in May 2027.