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On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 02:12:22AM -0500, Olivier Cr=EAte wrote:
> > 1) Start migrating packages along with upstream and have everyone who
> > has a separate /usr (including me by the way) start using an initramfs
> > of some kind, either dracut or one that we generate specifically for
> > gentoo. The reason I suggest the initramfs, is, unfortunately if we
> > migrate everything, nothing else would work.
>=20
> I also don't see a good reason to not adopt dracut, re-implementing
> something that already works and is maintained by a competent upstream
> seems wasteful to me. I really don't see why people resist using an
> initramfs so much.
>=20
> The udev/kmod/systemd/dracut effort to standardise the base userspace of
> Linux is probably scary for quite a few Gentoo-ers as it means that the
> end result of an installed Gentoo system will be less differentiated
> than it was before. But it still is a step in the right direction as
> most of these standardized pieces are much better than what we currently
> have. The OpenRC/baselayout-2 fiasco, not much better than baselayout-1
> and unmaintained upstream shows that even a relatively large
> distribution like us can't maintain a competitive base system solution,
> adopting the udev/kmod/systemd way will allow us to use all the work
> that they are doing and instead concentrate on making a better system.
The problem you are missing here is that gentoo isn't just for linux. We
are cross-platform, so we have to have a cross-platform init system as
the default. Unless they port systemd to *bsd, we may have to keep
openrc as the default init system for some time afaik.
=20
Also, your statement about openrc not being maintained upstream is not
correct. It is correct that Roy doesn't work on it any more, but there
is a team that does maintain it.
William
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