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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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