On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:08:42 -0500 Jim Murphy <srlinuxad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not a dev and haven't done a lot of research on how things > should work with multiple *dev(s). It would appear that there > could be at least 2 or maybe 3 that will be part of devuan's > offerings(udev, vdev and eudev). The above example script, and > yes I know it is not finished or final, assumes there will be only > 2(udev and vdev) and is part of vdev's post install. As debian > appears to have only offered udev this is new ground being > walking on. > > I was wondering shouldn't there be plans to allow for any number > of *dev(s)? Again I'm not a dev. Looking at funtoo I noticed > the current offerings are udev and eudev with eudev installing as > default. Funtoo also has a package virtual/udev defined as > "Virtual to select between different udev daemon providers". > Should devuan also take a similar approach? Wouldn't this be > better approach then having each *dev package do the switching? > Also there is the issue of which init system has been installed and > what commands are needed to stop/start daemons. > > FWIW, some random thoughts. That's a good point. Devuan means "freedom of choice" and it would be nice if a Devuan user could opt for udev, vdev or eudev (or even mdev) But for the moment we have to create packages for vdev. I will test eudev as well asap. R. -- ___________________________________________________________________ It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak aloud and remove all doubt. +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Richard Lucassen, Utrecht | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
