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On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:31 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:08 AM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Ohey, |
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>> I've opened a bug at: |
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>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573922 |
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>> The idea here is to change the order of the providers of virtual/udev. |
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>> For existing installs this has zero impact. |
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>> For stage3 this would mean that eudev is pulled in instead of udev. |
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> Since this has utterly stalled and private emails were also unable to |
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> resolve the deadlock I have requested a council decision one way or |
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> the other: |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575718 |
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> Most likely we'll issue one before the next meeting. There is no need |
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> to regurgitate this thread. If somebody has something NEW to say feel |
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> free, but we'll make a decision one way or another soon. |
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The council has approved the following decision 7-0: |
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"In light of the support for eudev among Gentoo non-systemd users, and |
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a lack of strong technical drivers to block a change, the Council |
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approves changing the default virtual/udev provider for non-systemd |
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users to eudev. The council encourages all maintainers to try to |
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support either provider and cooperate with those who provide patches |
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when necessary." |
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I'd recommend that the eudev team implement the change and communicate |
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vs just having a stampede for the virtual... |
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Rich |
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