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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 02:16:41
Message-Id: 20160215021630.GL7732@vapier.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider by "Anthony G. Basile"
1 On 14 Feb 2016 15:56, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
2 > On 2/14/16 3:47 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 > > On 14 Feb 2016 15:42, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
4 > >> On 2/14/16 3:23 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
5 > >>> eudev: no one of any relevance outside of Gentoo runs it.
6 > >>
7 > >> that's not true, nor is it the central criticism, imo.
8 > >
9 > > can you list the projects that utilize eudev ? the repo doesn't
10 > > that i can see. it is the central criticism imo when correct
11 > > interaction with other projects is key. people rely on rules being
12 > > parsed & run correctly, as well as information provided by udev
13 > > matching what they are running/testing everyday.
14 >
15 > until patrick brought up the list of distros, i was only aware of
16 > alpine which is a musl based distro. then puppy and slack came
17 > forward. they build their entire system using eudev as the libudev
18 > provider. if there were issues, they would bring forward bug reports
19 > like any other project.
20 >
21 > so when you say "people rely on rules being parsed ..." i don't know
22 > why those user bases are dismissed.
23
24 i'm not dismissing them per-se. i'm being practical here: i think you
25 can agree that the combined developer base of alpine/puppy/slack(ware?)
26 is significantly smaller as compared to the distros using udev.
27 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider "M. J. Everitt" <m.j.everitt@×××.org>