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On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:40:57 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> He isn't the first to make that observation. Many have pointed out |
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> that the testing branch today seems a lot like stable Gentoo used to |
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> be, and that we err too much on the side of not making big changes. |
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> However, I'm not sure that we really are afraid of breaking things so |
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> much that many of us have just grown comfortable with the way things |
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> have been done. |
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Also, in openrc Gentoo has an init system that is superior to those used |
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by other distros pre-systemd. Openrc has some of the benefits that |
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systemd offers other distros, like dependencies, so there is somewhat |
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less incentive to change. |
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Having said that, Gentoo does have systemd, it's just not switched on in |
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the "default" profiles. I think your point, which you have made before, |
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about init eventually being treated like the kernel, cron or system |
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logger, is a good one and could be said to represent the "True Gentoo |
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Way"[tm]. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you |
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wish they were. |
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