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Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> >> i'd say never. there is no benefit in switching. pkg-config is the |
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> >> default implementation from freedesktop.org. |
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> > That's one awful double standard. :\ |
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> Double-standards aside, I don't think the "original" implementation is |
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> what matters, so much as what works best for our users (and ourselves) |
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> in practice. |
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Sure thing! I agree with that, that is a pragmatic approach. |
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> Others have pointed out that we don't have enough data to safely |
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> switch the default |
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A good point. |
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> once that data is collected if it makes sense to switch we should |
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> do so. |
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I think that is fair, along with.. |
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> We don't use XFree86 or LILO, and quite a few are eager to drop udev. |
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> The important thing is to offer users meaningful choices, and make the |
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> default whatever makes the most sense at the time we set it. |
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..always being open to re-evaluate and change the default again, if |
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that makes the most sense at a later time. |
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//Peter |
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PS. I for one would actually prefer LILO to be the Gentoo default. :) |
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