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On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 08/24/2016 07:37 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: |
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>> I imagine _someone_ out there wants it, otherwise we wouldn't be |
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>> discussing it. |
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> The thread started out proposing it as a solution to a docker problem |
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> that, it turns out, isn't a problem. Why are we still trying to fixing |
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> something that isn't broken? Maybe I'm losing it, but nowhere in the |
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> whole thread has anyone given a single reason why this might be useful. |
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You're right that the orignal purpose of the change has been debunked. |
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So, starting over: one real benefit would be cross-compatibility with |
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systemd. It's one less thing people would need to reconfigure when |
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migrating to/from openrc. |
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And before anyone starts an argument about it, I don't care what your |
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opinion on systemd is. I'm just throwing this out there as an actual |
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benefit of adding support for /etc/hostname to openrc. |