Re: [gentoo-dev] udev-ng? (Was: Summary Council meeting Tuesday 13 November 2012)

[Joshua Kinard]

On 11/19/2012 9:39 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> wrote:
>> Correct me if wrong, but didn't the issue start with udev wanting to put the
>> PCI ID database/file into /usr/share from /etc?
>
> Well, I can't vouch for what the first issue that arose was, but I do
> recall discussion that bluetooth keyboards also required libraries in
> /usr.
>
> Right now it takes less common situations to trigger problems with a
> separate /usr, but the general trend is not favorable.  It isn't just
> software changes either - if I told somebody 15 years ago that USB
> keyboards were going to be problematic but standard PS2 keyboards
> would always work just fine, they'd say there was nothing to worry
> about since PS2 keyboards would always be around.  For all we know in
> 5 years you won't be able to buy a USB keyboard.

Trust me, there will always be a wired keyboard around.  Maybe it won't be
PS/2 and maybe it won't be USB, but there will always exist an option to
take a relatively "dumb" keyboard and plug it into the back of a computer to
have a basic input device for the foreseeable future.

-- 
Joshua Kinard
Gentoo/MIPS
kumba@g.o
4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28

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