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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from old udev to eudev
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 02:04:24
Message-Id: 51FB133F.3040409@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from old udev to eudev by Walter Dnes
1 On 02/08/13 04:01, Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > On Fri, Aug 02, 2013 at 02:42:36AM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote
3 >
4 >> nope, you just believed all the FUD there has been out there. i've said
5 >> it many times, and i'll say it again:
6 >>
7 >> the only real different is USE="rule-generator" and that's it
8 >>
9 >> and sys-fs/eudev is constantly out of date and haven't developed any
10 >> features of their own
11 >
12 > What are the "new features"? What have Lennart/Kay broken recently?
13 > First it was firmware loading in udev, which got them reamed out by
14 > Linus. Then it was (un)predictable network interface names. Gentoo is
15 > not Facebook http://www.geek.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-says-you-need-to-move-fast-and-break-things-922432/
16 >
17 >> The key to the real innovation, says Zuckerberg, is to "move fast
18 >> and break things."
19 >
20
21 Huh? USE="firmware-loader" is optional and enabled by default in sys-fs/udev
22 Futhermore predictable network interface names work as designed, not a
23 single valid bug filed about them.
24
25 Stop spreading FUD.
26
27 Looking forward to lastrite sys-fs/eudev just like
28 sys-apps/module-init-tools already was removed as unnecessary later on.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from old udev to eudev Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from old udev to eudev Graham Murray <graham@×××××××××××.uk>
[gentoo-user] Re: Moving from old udev to eudev "Steven J. Long" <slong@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Moving from old udev to eudev Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>