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On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:05 AM Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:03:34 -0400 Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 1:47 AM Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> > > Am Donnerstag, 19. Juli 2018, 23:51:17 CEST schrieb Ben Kohler: |
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> > > > Hello, |
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> > > > I'd like to propose adding USE=udev to our linux profiles (in |
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> > > > profiles/default/linux/make.defaults probably). This flag is already |
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> > > > enabled on desktop profiles but it also affects quite a few packages |
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> > > > Any objections to this idea? |
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> > > We removed the dedicated "server profiles" and told everyone |
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> > > "Don't ever use -*"; if you want to have a sane minimal set of features use |
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> > > the base profile as e.g. default/linux/amd64/17.0". |
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> > > If with USE=udev this profile still fulfills the definition of "sane minimal |
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> > > set of features", then it's fine. |
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> > > (Keep in mind, we have all sorts of people out there running gentoo not only |
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> > > on desktops or beefy servers.) |
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> > > Otherwise it should stay in desktop profile. |
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> > USE="udev" is a sane default for anything that will be running on real |
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> > or emulated hardware. It might not be necessary for containers, which |
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> > don't do any hardware management. |
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> I do not agree with you. I have perfectly fine running |
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> Gentoo-based servers running without udev and so many other people. |
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> udev in desktop profile is just fine with me, on servers it is not |
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> needed in many cases. |
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You can run any system without udev, but you need to be very careful |
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about what Linux features you utilize and how you have the system |
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configured. |
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Most Linux servers out in the wild are running udev; your |
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configuration is an exception to the common case. |