Its time to change Linux File System Hierarchy - Plz RT if you like it

If you type dpkg -L gedit then you will get this list, basically it tell all files of gedit packages. I do not know why Linux still follow this un-logical hierarchy ?

/usr/bin/gedit
/usr/share/lintian/overrides/gedit
/usr/share/menu/gedit
/usr/share/gedit-2/gedit-bugreport
/usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop
/usr/share/bug/gedit/script
/usr/share/gconf/schemas/gedit-file-browser.schemas
------------------------------------/gedit.schemas
/usr/share/python-support/gedit.private
/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/changecase.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/docinfo.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/externaltools.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/filebrowser.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/indent.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/modelines.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/pythonconsole.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/quickopen.gedit-plugin
---------------------------------/snippets.gedit-plugin
....
--------------------------------/snippets/Importer.py
---------------------------------/snippets/Library.py
---------------------------------/snippets/Manager.py
---------------------------------/snippets/Parser.py
---------------------------------/snippets/Placeholder.py
---------------------------------/snippets/Snippet.py
---------------------------------/snippets/SnippetComplete.py
---------------------------------/snippets/SubstitutionParser.py
---------------------------------/snippets/WindowHelper.py
/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugin-loaders/libcloader.so
--------------------------------------------/libpythonloader.so
/usr/share/doc/gedit/README
-----------------------------/BUGS
-----------------------------/AUTHORS
-----------------------------/copyright
-----------------------------/NEWS.gz
-----------------------------/changelog.Debian.gz 

================   Alternate Solution which I like  ==================

/Applications/gedit/2.28.0/bin/gedit
--------------------------------------/share/lintian/overrides/gedit
--------------------------------------/share/menu/gedit
--------------------------------------/share/gedit-bugreport
--------------------------------------/share/gedit.desktop
--------------------------------------/share/bug/gedit/script
--------------------------------------/share/gconf/schemas/gedit-file-browser.schemas
--------------------------------------/-------------------------------/gedit.schemas
--------------------------------------/share/python-support/gedit.private
--------------------------------------/lib/plugins/changecase.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/docinfo.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/externaltools.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/filebrowser.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/indent.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/modelines.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/pythonconsole.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/quickopen.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets.gedit-plugin
--------------------------------------/....
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/Importer.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/Library.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/Manager.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/Parser.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/Placeholder.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/Snippet.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/SnippetComplete.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/SubstitutionParser.py
--------------------------------------/-----------/snippets/WindowHelper.py
--------------------------------------/plugin-loaders/libcloader.so
--------------------------------------/---------------------/libpythonloader.so
--------------------------------------/doc/README
--------------------------------------/----/BUGS
--------------------------------------/----/AUTHORS
--------------------------------------/----/copyright
--------------------------------------/----/NEWS.gz
--------------------------------------/----/changelog.Debian.gz

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