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From: Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make udev optional in net-wireless/bluez?
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 20:33:31
Message-Id: 5320C48D.5070106@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make udev optional in net-wireless/bluez? by Rich Freeman
1 On 03/12/2014 4:21 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Alexandre Rostovtsev
3 > <tetromino@g.o> wrote:
4 >> On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 14:24 +0100, Peter Stuge wrote:
5 >>> Gilles Dartiguelongue wrote:
6 >>>> Making udev dependency always on is a deliberate choice here
7 >>>
8 >>> I thought Gentoo was about users having choice? Sad face.
9 >>
10 >> Gentoo is usually about the maintainer's choice ;)
11 >>
12 >> So in the end it's up to Pacho:
13 >> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504324
14 >
15 > Honestly, of all the suggestions in this thread having the use-enable
16 > config setting and just outputting a warning when udev isn't enabled
17 > seems like the best solution.
18
19 Agreed, Alex's patch properly addresses the issue I originally raised. My
20 initial thinking was to replace virtual/udev with the more generic
21 virtual/dev-manager, because I didn't dig deep into understanding why
22 virtual/udev was actually needed (I don't use bluetooth on a daily basis).
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26 Joshua Kinard
27 Gentoo/MIPS
28 kumba@g.o
29 4096R/D25D95E3 2011-03-28
30
31 "The past tempts us, the present confuses us, the future frightens us. And
32 our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."
33
34 --Emperor Turhan, Centauri Republic