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On 2013-09-29 10:57 AM, Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:20:49AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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>> On 2013-09-28 8:30 AM, Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> This does not mean that on November 1 your system will not be able to boot. |
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>>> Its simply means that beginning November 1, Gentoo devs are not required to |
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>>> jump through hoops to make apps work on systems with /usr separate from /. |
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>>> Now, what are you going to do? That's the question. |
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>> This won't necessarily be the end of the worl, if, and ONLY if any and |
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>> all ebuild mainteainers are REQUIRED to provide very large and scary |
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>> warnings if they change something that will cause any systems with a |
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>> separate /usr and NO initramfs to fail to boot. |
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> The news item *IS* the warning. |
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Oh for fucks sake... BULLSHIT. |
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If an ebuild maintainer changes something that will BREAK BOOTING on |
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systems that violate the 'no separate /usr without an initramfs' rule, |
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what in the FUCK is the problem with requiring them to WARN PEOPLE? |
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