Re: [gentoo-user] udev blocks systemd etc

[Jake Margason]

I ran away from Arch last year to get away from all this systemd stuff. I
hope that you guys will continue to support openrc for as long as possible.
One question though. why does everyone seem to be migrating towards
systemd? How is it superior? is openrc just a dead project is that why?


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@×××××.at>wrote:

> Am 27.03.2013 15:34, schrieb Michael Mol:
> > On 03/27/2013 10:33 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
> >> On 03/27/2013 10:25 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >>> Ok...
> >>>
> >>> So, what is this all about?
> >>>
> >>> Does all of this mean that udev is now going *completely*
> >>> away, *totally* replaced by systemd?
> >>>
> >>> If so, has there been any kind of formal announcement about
> >>> this *anywhere*??
> >>
> >> Hold your horses.
> >>
> >> The devs will work something out; systemd is not replacing the
> >> udev package for all users. For the moment, it's just replacing
> >> the udev package for users using systemd.
> >>
> >> The problem at the moment is a spat between the systemd
> >> maintainer and the udev maintainer. They don't see eye to eye
> >> about which packages should be providing which files (and where),
> >> and there's also a serious miscommunication (and
> >> misinterpretation of historical communication) issue between the
> >> two of them at the moment. They're trying to get it worked out
> >> (via attempting cooperation or via arbitration, whatever is
> >> necessary), and things will settle down.
> >>
> >> In the mean time, if I read the context right, this issue should
> >> only affect people who are using systemd. This shouldn't be
> >> affecting people who aren't using systemd.
> >
> > (incidentally, to anyone who's following the issue, please correct
> > me if I'm wrong...)
>
> I understand the situation as you do ...
>
>


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