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On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 09:17:20PM +0100, Roy Bamford wrote: |
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> On 2020.08.08 19:51, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > All, |
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> > I would like to propose that we switch the default udev provider on |
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> > new |
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> > systems from eudev to udev. |
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> > This is not a lastrites, and it will not affect current systems since |
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> > they have to migrate manually. Also, this change can be overridden at |
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> > the profile level if some profile needs eudev (the last time I |
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> > checked, |
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> > this applies to non-glibc configurations). |
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> > What do people think? |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > William |
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> William, |
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> With the declared aim from upstream of making udev inseparable from |
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> systemd, its not something to be done lightly. |
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> That's the entire reason that eudev was necessary. |
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Eudev never became necessary unless you are using a non-glibc system, |
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and as I said, this can be handled in the profiles. |
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Udev runs completely fine without systemd, so I fail to see how eudev |
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is necessary for most of Gentoo. |
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> I would want some convincing that it was not another step on the road |
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> to Gentoo being assimilated by systemd. |
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> We had this discussion several years ago when the default became |
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> eudev. What's changed? |
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If systemd folks do make udev inseparable from systemd, then we would |
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need eudev to be the default, but as I see it right now, there is not |
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a case for it being the default. |
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Another thing to consider is bus factor (eudev is maintained by one |
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person primarily, so I have doubts about its viability as the default. |
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William |