Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Changing order of default virtual/udev provider

[Michał Górny]

Dnia 10 lutego 2016 15:27:50 CET, waltdnes@××××××××.org napisał(a):
>On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 12:09:58AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote
>> On 09 Feb 2016 22:39, Duncan wrote:
>> > Mike Frysinger posted on Tue, 09 Feb 2016 14:26:52 -0500 as
>excerpted:
>> > > On 08 Feb 2016 13:46, Micha?? Górny wrote:
>> > >> I'm strongly against this, because:
>> > >
>> > > agreed.  i also don't see any reasons in Patrick's e-mail to
>suggest the
>> > > current default is inadequate.  "i don't like upstream" isn't
>relevant.
>> >
>> > I'd agree, except that the way we're running udev is strongly
>discouraged
>> > and generally not supported by upstream, with a statement that it
>/will/
>> > break in the future, it's simply a matter of time.
>>
>> start a thread then when that actually happens
>
>  The problem with that approach is that all at once the Gentoo forum
>will be hit with questions by a whole bunch of people who will have to
>migrate to either eudev or systemd on a short deadline.  As the old
>saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  I
>believe
>that the best way to handle a crisis is to prevent it in the first
>place.  That means getting into a lifeboat before standalone udev
>sinks.

Wasn't the switch supported to be painless?


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Michał Górny (by phone)