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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting: Tuesday 3 April 2012, 19:00 UTC
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:02:40
Message-Id: CAA2qdGUYScgdry=uM5Q86T2hOeJePZqGikP37vhx7y1vWB=tQQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting: Tuesday 3 April 2012, 19:00 UTC by Sven Vermeulen
1 On Mar 27, 2012 10:43 PM, "Sven Vermeulen" <swift@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 09:50:19AM +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
4 > > 3. New udev and separate /usr partition (30 minutes)
5 > >
6 > > See [4]: "Decide on whether a separate /usr is still a supported
7 > > configuration. If it is, newer udev can not be stabled and
8 > > alternatives should be investigated. If it isn't, a lot of
9 > > documentation will have to be updated. (And an alternative should
10 > > likely still be provided.)"
11 >
12 > Is it truely that much documentation? The handbook doesn't suggest
13 separate
14 > /usr anymore (all example partitions use a single / file system), and the
15 > necessary changes to setup an initramfs are being prepared (cfr bugs
16 related
17 > to bug #407959).
18 >
19 > There will be some updates in the quickinstall for raid/lvm, but that's
20 > hardly a minor update to the document.
21 >
22 > We might want to provide an initramfs-guide to explain the concepts and
23 the
24 > various methods for generating one (as well as debugging), but that too
25 > might not be the most difficult thing out there (there's still time for
26 > that, no)?
27 >
28 > Wkr,
29 > Sven Vermeulen
30 >
31
32 Alternatively, suggest using mdev in place of udev. So, there will be 3
33 options:
34
35 1) /usr on the same partition as / -- can use mdev or udev
36
37 2) /usr on a separate partition; this leads to :
38
39 2a) If one wants to use udev, one must use initramfs
40
41 2b) If one does not want to use an initramfs, one must use mdev
42
43 This will give the user a CHOICE, and that's the essence of Gentoo.
44
45 Rgds,

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