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From: Alex Xu <alex_y_xu@×××××.ca>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] news item -- baselayout-1.x deprecation final warning
Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:37:50
Message-Id: 5161D916.5000307@yahoo.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] news item -- baselayout-1.x deprecation final warning by Roy Bamford
1 Notably, NetworkManager generates old-style net files.
2
3 On 07/04/13 04:13 PM, Roy Bamford wrote:
4 > On 2013.04.07 20:36, William Hubbs wrote:
5 >> All,
6 >>
7 >> We have continued support for baselayout-1 to baselayout-2/OpenRc
8 >> migration for almost two years now, so I think it is about time we
9 >> kill
10 >> this off.
11 >>
12 >> Here is the news item I want to send out on 10 Apr.
13 >>
14 >> Let me know what you think.
15 >>
16 >> Thanks,
17 >>
18 >> William
19 >>
20 >>
21 >
22 > <quote>
23 > If you do not upgrade your systems to openrc-0.11.8 before it leaves
24 > the tree, you may need to reinstall them.
25 > </quote>
26 >
27 > I think you mean
28 >
29 > If you do not upgrade your systems to baselayout-2 and openrc-0.11.8
30 > before openrc-0.11.8 leaves the tree, you may need to reinstall them.
31 >
32 > The problem is with baselayout-1 and that's what needs to be updated.
33 > The "you may need to reinstall them" is a bit over the top. You can
34 > always pick up the pieces with a liveCD.
35 >
36 > Do you need to point out that the old (" ... ") syntax will no longer
37 > be supported, or do you intend to tolerate the baselayout-1 syntax in
38 > /etc/conf.d/net and friends a while longer.
39 >
40 > A friendly link to the update guide
41 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml
42 > may be in order too.
43 >
44 > I've seen many users on baselayout-2 with baselayout-1 net files. This
45 > news item will bypass them.
46 >

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