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On 12/04/2011 07:50 AM, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> First of all, apologies if I'm misusing this list. But I -- well, some |
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> Gentoo users, actually -- would really like to replace udev with mdev. |
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> We're currently fixing the complete procedure to do that, and when all |
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> show-stopping bugs have been ironed out, would like mdev to be an option |
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> for those who no longer want to be held hostage by the whims of udev |
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> upstream. |
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> We'd very much appreciate any guidance on how to proceed, like who to |
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> contact, what to submit, etc. |
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It sounds like you're going about it in the right way. |
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I'm guessing you are going to run into issues with desktop-y packages. |
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If you can provide sane fixes or workarounds for these issues, please |
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file bugs with patches. |
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Basically, as long as your changes don't break anything and aren't |
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horribly ugly, I don't think you'll have too much trouble convincing |
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package maintainers to apply them. |
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You may have a harder time convincing the docs team to put it in |
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official documentation (like the handbook). I would suggest using the |
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new wiki[1] to write a how-to or something. |
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[1] http://wiki.gentoo.org |
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