[arch-dev-public] The udev rule nightmare

[Thomas Bächler]

So, I wanted to revisit the subject of udev rules. Right now, we have rules in /etc/udev/rules.d and /lib/udev/rules.d - the idea was that "upstream" rules goes to /lib and whatever else goes to /etc.

- rules from upstream packages in /lib
- patched rules from upstream packages in /lib
- rules from upstream packages in /etc
- Arch rules in /etc



Back when we had the discussion, I suggested what I will re-suggest now:





Please comment.

This was interpreted by some of our own dev team that we should put whatever udev and packages ship to /lib and whatever we created ourselves to /etc - which is dumb. Right now we have: It is pure chaos and nobody understands what is where and why. It is a nightmare. - All our packages should have udev rules in /lib only. What Arch officially ships is what we consider "upstream". (To put it in the same terminology that perl uses: core-rules and vendor-rules) - User or site specific rules go to /etc, overriding or complementing the "official" rule set (site-rules) This will lead to a clear distinction and a clear rule instead of the chaos we have until now. It is also the only way that makes sense, everything else will lead to the same chaos again.

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