Why does any discussion revolving around systemd always turn out like this?
For the record, I'm an OpenRC user and intend on keeping it that way for as long as i can. In that case i need udev to keep things working the way i want them to. So in the case that the systemd team makes udev inseparable from systemd, I will then consider using eudev or something else. The point here is that i will change udev "if and when" that happens. If that change occurs it's not like all OpenRC users are going to have dead boxes. We will still have older versions of udev in the tree for quite a while as we figure out the best approach. The best approach may very well be to make systemd the default over OpenRC. I'm perfectly fine with that as long as i can still opt to choose OpenRC / "whateverdev" at install time. Now eudev looks good to me and will probably work fine for my use case, but that may not apply to everyone. In fact, the case may be that the majority of users are using systemd. If the majority of users use systemd and udev is pulled out from under our feet then maybe we should go full on systemd. However, maybe the majority of users are not using systemd and in that case maybe eudev would be a better option. There may even be other solutions. Of course, there are other things we will need to consider as well, but not until we have to make those decisions in response to an upstream change. The point is that udev works now, and it probably will for a while longer. There's no point in changing something that not only works, but works well. When it does break we can then figure out the rest of the details. It could be a completely different situation tomorrow compared to what it is today. Again, i don't really care as long as i can choose the system i want should i want something different than the default. This discussion shouldn't be about systemd fanboys forcing systemd down others throats and conversely it shouldn't be about non-systemd bigots forcing something else down their throats either. It should be about which default best reflects the needs of the community should udev be no longer accessible as a stand alone thing. It's almost a pointless discussion right now considering people are arguing over trivial preferences / ideologies and the fact that the situation may be very different when it actually becomes a problem. In short... If it isn't broke, don't fix it.
