Re: [gentoo-user] udev + /usr

[Michael Mol]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 14, 2011 01:36:56 PM Dale wrote:
>> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
>
>> > But that's the thing: we (you and me) don't see the situation the same
>> > way. To me, the proposed changes are for the better.
>>
>> You are one of very few that feel this way.
>
> You are probably correct that he's one of the relatively few people (along
> with the udev developer, and those few people for whom it will fix their
> problems) who think these changes are a real improvement.
>
> I would estimate that the vast, vast, vast majority of users are those such as
> myslelf, who have no opinion whatsoever, and either will not be affected at all
> by these changes (because they don't separate / and /usr), or will simply
> apply the proposed initramfs solution and move on.
>
> Then there are those relatively few people, such as the handful making up the
> rest of this thread, who think that these changes are a horrible idea and will
> have a severe deterimental affect on their systems.
>
> Not that the relative "size" of the various sides in this debate is really the
> issue, but despite the tone of this and the other thread, I don't think
> there's really a huge, overwhelming outcry against these changes.

My complaints are chiefly philosophical; it's not a correct solution,
because the problems it purports to fix will just re-emerge down the
road. I'm all in favor of well-architected systems and good, sound,
informed discussion. I've only been involved in this thread as much as
I have been because there's been a dearth of such in it.

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