From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:28:21 +0000 Subject: Re: udev fork Message-Id: <20120912182821.GA13272@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20120912174951.GA32608@glow> In-Reply-To: <20120912174951.GA32608@glow> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 06:15:43PM +0000, sickmind@lavabit.com wrote: > On 11:05 Wed 12 Sep , Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 05:49:52PM +0000, sickmind@lavabit.com wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I know that many people do not like the way udev development went > > > recently, > > > > What specifically are you objecting to? > > Extra dependencies and L. Poettering's position that running udev > without systemd is a dead end and will not be supported in the future > (this seem to be already discussed here before). What dependencies? Run time? Build time? And why are dependencies bad? Do you have no ram in your system for them? Personally, I think running a Linux system without systemd is a deadend, but hey, what do I know about these things? :) > > > therefore we have a systemd-free fork of udev. > > > > udev works without systemd running on the system just fine for me, > > doesn't it for you? > > Call me paranoid, but I'm afraid that won't last long. Fear as a development motivator? That's odd, really? greg k-h