A very 'trivial' question about /root

[Ayan George]

ASV:
> This is a very 'trivial' question but it's bugging me since quite a
> while now so I gotta ask.
> 
> There's any reason (and should be a fairly good one) why the /root
> directory permissions by default are set to 755 (for sure on releases
> 8.0/8.1/9.0/9.1)????
> 

I imagine / needs those permissions during installation but maybe they
should be changed to something more desirable at post-install.  What
would you suggest -- maybe 555?

-ayan