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On March 13, 2012 at 4:27 PM "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com> |
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<snip> |
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> "Fringe" programs will not require udev, or it will be optional; but |
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> the moment a "fringe" program reaches critical mass to become |
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> "maistream", the probability of it needing udev (directly or |
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> indirectly) will increase. |
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> I'm willing to bet a beer on that prediction. |
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> Regards. |
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> -- |
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> Canek Peláez Valdés |
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It _sounds_ like your definition of a "fringe" program is one that does not |
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need udev; but when it becomes "mainstream" it will need udev. If not, you |
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write us the definition of a "fringe" program and a "mainstream" program. |
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Excuse me, but that's just incredibly _arrogant_! |
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I wasn't getting into this ridiculous discussion, but your irresponsible |
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ranting... |
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Yes, I dedicate my "Linux life" to killing FUD, and that post of yours is |
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FUD! |
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I'm from the South, where FUD is colloquially called bull<manure>. <:-)} |
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Below are some "mainstream" programs that my every computer on the LAN in |
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my computer business uses _every_ day which don't require udev: |
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x11-terms/rxvt-unicode |
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app-editors/vim |
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net-misc/dhcpcd |
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... |
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The more I think about your arrogance, the more ticked off I get! Here's |
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the very few packages on my workstation that _do_ require udev: |
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mingdao@workstation ~ $ equery depends udev |
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* These packages depend on udev: |
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media-libs/libcanberra-0.28-r5 (udev ? >=sys-fs/udev-160) |
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media-libs/mesa-7.11.2 (gbm ? sys-fs/udev) |
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media-video/vlc-1.1.13 (udev ? >=sys-fs/udev-142) |
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net-print/hplip-3.11.10 (acl ? >=sys-fs/udev-171[acl]) |
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(acl ? >=sys-fs/udev-145[extras]) |
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(kernel_linux ? >=sys-fs/udev-114) |
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sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.88 (>=sys-fs/udev-151-r4) |
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virtual/dev-manager-0 (sys-fs/udev) |
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x11-base/xorg-server-1.11.2-r2 (udev ? >=sys-fs/udev-150) |
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x11-libs/cairo-1.10.2-r1 (drm ? >=sys-fs/udev-136) |
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x11-libs/libva-1.0.15 (video_cards_dummy ? sys-fs/udev) |
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Perhaps it would be ridiculously easy to get rid of udev on this box. But, |
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that's not the point I'm making here. |
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It's not so much that udev is evil, to me; but that requiring an initrd is |
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stupid. |
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And, it's not so much udev vs. mdev or whatever, but that your attitude |
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_STINKS_! |
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Geez... |
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