Re: udev fork

Greg KH
2012-09-12T18:28:21Z

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