Re: [gentoo-dev] Update on 23.0 profiles

[stefan11111@shitposting.expert]

On 2023-11-30 12:27, Andreas K. Huettel wrote:
>> 1. The [4]/[5] probably should list full domain name rather than g.o
> 
> Yes, but the wiki does not allow full links into itself. Will be fixed
> in the final news item.
> 
>> 2. According to 23.0_update_table, my non-systemd
>> default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/plasma should now be
>> default/linux/amd64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/plasma.
> 
> Correct.
> 
>> But that name looks
>> like merged-usr is now considered "better" than split-usr, as it has 
>> to
>> be specifically mentioned in the profile name.
> 
> I'd prefer "more standard", "more common", "more usual" ...
> 
> It'll definitely soon be the configuration where software is (globally)
> more tested, independent of what Gentoo does. (if that is not already 
> the
> case now...)
> 
>> Therefore I probably should migrate to merged-usr.
> 
> You can migrate after the profile upgrade, but you don't have to.
> No hurry.
> 
>> But the only instruction how to do that
>> assumes systemd.
> 
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Merge-usr
> 
> Doesn't mention systemd anywhere. I'll update this page a bit
> mentioning the new naming scheme in 23.0, and link it in the news item.
> 
>> And there's no plasma profile with merged-usr but
>> without systemd anyway... except that there is:
>> default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/plasma, it's just not mentioned in 
>> the
>> table.
> 
> It's fairly simple:
> * In 17.x, every systemd split-usr profile has a corresponding
> merged-usr profile
> * In 23.0, every split-usr profile has a corresponding merged-usr 
> profile
> 
> Cheers -a
> 
> 
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Wait, does this mean that split-usr will be gone soon?