On Tuesday 03 Jan 2012 15:22:29 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 05:22:09PM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote > > > (Come to think of it, has *any* distro ever attempted this... > > 'unconventional of going udev-free?) > > Alpine linux has done it http://alpinelinux.org/ Unfortunately, > they're so minimalistic and server-oriented that they use uclibc instead > of glibc. So Alpine is not viable as a desktop distro. Think of it as > > Gentoo with mdev instead of udev == Alpine with glibc instead of uclibc > > By the way, there's a thread on the Gentoo developer list discussing > the situation, and the proposed move of a bunch of stuff to /usr. See > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/engine?do=post_view_flat;post=245148; > page=1;mh=-1;list=gentoo;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC > > I piped up with my proposal. We'll see what happens.
I'd like to thank Walter for doing something about this and Pandu for testing it, rather than just wingeing (like I did). :p I don't hold any hope that mdev will replace udev, but that this effort may go someway to influence the development philosophy that has been entertained to date with udev. A philosophy that removes choice and flexibility. This is felt more by Gentoo users, because Gentoo as we know is not a binary distro and the needs of its users are more nuanced and eclectic. As I recall from this mammoth thread mdev is one option, a staged mounting of devices/running of scripts by udev is another. Anything that will make udev devs to stop for a minute and think again the impact of their choices on the overall Linux community will be of benefit. If Walter's good effort bring this about I would be more than happy to support him, although with a laptop using mdev may not be my immediate preferred solution. -- Regards, Mick
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