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From: Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:05:29
Message-Id: 5242FBB4.3090005@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: initramfs required on Linux systems with separate /usr by Rich Freeman
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4 On 25/09/13 10:51 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 >> William, I think what Tom was mentioning here is that he thinks
8 >> a one-sentence answering the "Why" would be a good idea to have
9 >> in the news item, so users that don't have a clue on all of these
10 >> sep-/usr issues will get an idea of why the change is being
11 >> made.
12 >
13 > How about something like: Due to many upstream changes properly
14 > supporting a separate /usr without an initramfs has become
15 > increasingly difficult - despite all our efforts it already breaks
16 > in some exotic configurations, and this is a trend likely to grow
17 > worse.
18 >
19 > Rich
20 >
21
22 How about changing "[properly] supporting a separate /usr without an
23 initramfs" to "supporting a system with /usr missing at boot time" ?
24 More generic, indicates the actual problem better. Otherwise sounds
25 great to me.
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