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From: Ben Kohler <bkohler@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:01:40
Message-Id: CANSUr=L6nGGcEatxRBKVKJ3NG+9SP2hTBC+bkN31NiWvUj9yDw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Changing order of default virtual/udev provider by Richard Yao
1 On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote:
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5 > eudev has every commit scrutinized by people who care about using it on
6 > Gentoo. systemd-udev does not. Consequently, eudev has avoided the system
7 > boot breaking regressions that prompted its creation. That is a good reason
8 > to make it the new default. If it fails to fulfill its duties, then this
9 > could be revisited, but that should be unlikely.
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11 > I think if someone could enumerate those specific breakages and present it
12 as evidence, that could get more people on board for this change. Moreso
13 than just "upstream doesn't care about us" or "eventually split udev will
14 be impossible".
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16 -Ben

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