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Mike Gilbert posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2017 09:10:09 -0500 as excerpted: |
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> On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:44 AM, Matthew Thode |
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> <prometheanfire@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On 17-12-21 08:34:31, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>>> W dniu czw, 21.12.2017 o godzinie 05∶29 +0000, użytkownik Duncan |
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>>> napisał: |
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>>> > Michał Górny posted on Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:40:27 +0100 as excerpted: |
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>>> > In all this I don't see an answer to one question: |
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>>> > Will this eventually be the only supported choice, or is the |
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>>> > compatibility-symlinked version going to be supported going forward |
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>>> > too? |
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>>> > If it's to be only-supported, what's the timeline? |
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>>> The former. We'll make a timeline when the profiles are tested and |
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>>> stable. |
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>> What group are the ones making this decision? |
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> The decision was effectively made by vapier in 2014 (see bug 506276); |
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> mgorny is the one doing most of the work in 2017. There's also a group |
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> of us who have been following the bug and experimenting with our own |
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> systems since then. |
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> If you disagree with this plan for some reason, please start a new |
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> thread. |
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Reading the bug (506276), it seems to me it's all about /supporting/ |
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symlink=no, discussing migration scripts to make it possible to migrate |
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existing installations, etc, not /mandating/ it. |
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I don't see anything suggesting that vapier, or anyone else for that |
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matter, decided it was going to be the _only_ choice, just that it would |
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eventually be _a_ choice. |
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Much like x32 didn't replace x86 or mulitlib, but became another choice |
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for those who wanted it. |
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Thus the only thing suggesting it'll be mandatory remains the direct |
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answer to my direct question above, asking about it. |
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Meanwhile, I don't really disagree at this point, certainly not if much |
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like usrmerge and (s)bin merge a gentooer is free to decide on their own, |
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regardless of official support for it, but I'm wondering whether that |
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will continue to be the case, or if the test (discussed in the bug) to |
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die if the symlink remains when people are on the new profiles will |
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effectively enforce it against an admin's will, even if that's not the |
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intent. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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