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On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:19:51 +0100, Stroller wrote: |
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> > ... Openrc will be stabilised at some time, |
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> > so you may as well do the upgrade when you feel like it rather that |
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> > when the devs decide to flip a keyword. |
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> I thought this was a matter of debate - Openrc was IIRC the creation of |
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> Roy Marples, who was originally a Gentoo dev and the baselayout |
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> maintainer. |
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> As Roy developed baselayout 2 (or "baselayout - The Next Generation", |
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> as you might call it) he decided to generalise it, AFAICT, in order to |
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> make it useful to other distros or unices (e.g. the BSDs). |
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> Roy is no longer a Gentoo dev and is no longer maintaining Openrc: |
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> http://roy.marples.name/projects/openrc |
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I sit corrected. |
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> I understood the future of Openrc within Gentoo to be in question: |
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> http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/msg_ce55de133ca592b638db758c9e457370.xml |
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An interesting read, until the rants start, we'll just have to wait and |
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see. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If you consult enough experts, you can confirm any opinion. |
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