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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: waltdnes@××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion for getting rid of udev
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:28:06
Message-Id: 20111015092954.347b9393@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion for getting rid of udev by Walter Dnes
1 On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:06:03 -0400
2 "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
3
4 > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 11:14:31AM -0400, Olivier Cr?te wrote
5 >
6 > > We're imposing our deep integration because it's the only way to
7 > > make a compelling platform that "just works", forcing users to tell
8 > > the computer something the computer already knows is just plain
9 > > lazy and stupid.
10 >
11 > Eventually, that hits Mac or Windows-like levels of dictating 1 or 2
12 > sets of choices and nothing else. If I wanted Mac or Windows, I'd be
13 > running Mac or Windows. If the developers don't deliberately make my
14 > system break if /usr and /var aren't physically on / (and no
15 > initramfs), I'm willing to do a bit of extra work to configure things
16 > my way. Speaking of tight integration, what happens if Redhat's
17 > employees make udev depend on systemd?
18
19 And what happens, if GNU folks make GNU userland depend on Hurd?
20
21 --
22 Best regards,
23 Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion for getting rid of udev Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Suggestion for getting rid of udev Joost Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org>