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I think we also ought to contact Linus, to have some input on what the |
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forked-udev (vdev? gdev? nlpdev?) *shouldn't* be. Lest we tread the same |
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path that led to him calling udev 'stupid'. |
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Just my 2 cents. Apologies if it's worthless :-| |
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Rgds, |
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On Nov 13, 2012 4:32 PM, "Markos Chandras" <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Dear Everyone, |
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> > It is no secret that many of us are unhappy with the direction that udev |
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> > has taken under the leadership of the systemd developers. That includes |
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> > Linus Torvalds, who is 'leery of the fact that the udev maintenance |
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> > seems to have gone into some "crazy mode" where they have made changes |
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> > that were known to be problematic, and are pure and utter stupidity.' |
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> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/2/505 |
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> > After speaking with several other Gentoo developers that share Linus' |
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> > concerns, I have decided to form a team to fork udev. Our plan is to |
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> > eliminate the separate /usr requirement from our fork, among other |
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> > things. We will announce the project later this week. |
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> > I understand that the council is scheduled to vote on a topic related to |
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> > udev stabilization. Would it be possible to delay the vote for another |
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> > month so that we have time to get organized? |
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> > Yours truly, |
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> > Richard Yao |
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> Have you tried contacting other distros? They may face the same |
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> problems with us and they might be interested |
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> in helping us out. |
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> -- |
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> Regards, |
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> Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |
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