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On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:52:23AM -0700, Joshua Saddler wrote: |
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> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:16:08 -0500 |
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> William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> > All, |
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> > I want to start a new thread since the discussion on openrc is centering |
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> > on whether we should use oldnet, newnet, or keep both. |
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> Use "oldnet." Why? |
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> 1. We already have a migration guide setup for it: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml |
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> Keeping "oldnet" will greatly reduce the time needed to change all our other docs, since I can use it as a reference, without needing write a completely new migration guide for "oldnet" and *then* still have to change all our other docs. |
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> 2. Users are already accustomed to doing things via "oldnet," since they've been using OpenRC and following this guide for two years now, since 2008. |
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I'm fine with it being the default for stable for now. |
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However, I do think that once we stabilize it, we |
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can learn something from parts of newnet, and possibly use what it was |
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trying to do. |
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William |