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On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 02/14/2016 09:17 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> wrote: |
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>>> On Sun, 14 Feb 2016 11:00:30 -0500 |
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>>> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> |
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>>>> wrote: |
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>>>>> If, for any reason, eudev should be abandoned - we can just change |
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>>>>> the virtual back. One-line change. |
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>>>> Which is precisely the corresponding argument for not switching the |
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>>>> default to eudev in the first place. |
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>>> OH, my, this is looking more like you are being paid by systemd peeps... |
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>> Nobody has ever paid me to do anything involving open-source software, |
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>> systemd or otherwise. |
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>> My point is just that there is no need to change today, because: |
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>> 1. udev works just fine today |
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>> 2. If udev doesn't work just fine in the future, we can just change |
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>> the virtual. One-line change. |
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>> That's all. I'm not saying that there might not be other reasons to |
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>> change the virtual. |
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>> I'm just saying that the possibility that udev might break in the |
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>> future isn't any more a reason to change the virtual than the |
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>> possibility that eudev might be abandoned in the future. |
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>> I love it when Patrick violently agrees with me. :) |
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> Eh yes. If we can avoid a problem we better wait until there is visible |
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> breakage so we can heroically run around like headless chickens and |
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> people see that we do something. |
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I think you were the first to suggest that if eudev gets abandoned it |
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isn't a big deal. I just pointed out that same is true if udev gets |
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abandoned. |
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> Why are you so insistent on controlling something that doesn't even |
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> affect you? |
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I'm not controlling anything. I'm just offering my opinion. Nobody |
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is bound by it. |
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> As far as users are concerned, most don't care and won't see a |
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> difference, and those that care seem to be strongly in support of having |
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> eudev ... |
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And that would be a valid reason to default to eudev, as opposed to |
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fear that udev might just stop working some day. |
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Rich |
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