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On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 07:26:05PM +0100, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: |
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> For example, to make that FHS definition be reality there are (can |
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> be) runlevels that will only boot a system with all basic stuff |
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> required to mount the rootfs and make root being able to login to |
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> the local text console. These are the things that make a unixoid |
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> system valuable over other kind of systems. |
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There are benefits to the proposed changes, especially for rpm based |
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distros and especially for non-server settings. Are they good enough? |
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No, I don't think they are. But since forking all those packages is |
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not a realistic proposition, we will have to follow along. We should |
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try and not break existing installations when we do though. |
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> I do not like the idea to throw away all those benefits just because |
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> so many (younger/newer) people do not know about the possibilities |
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> an "old fashioned" unix system tends to have. |
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Hey, this is web 2.0 era. Being mostly right most of the time is good |
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enough. |
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Eray Aslan <eras@g.o> |
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