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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr
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2012/1/3 Olivier Cr=EAte <tester@gentoo.org>:
> A couple years ago, Gentoo was the forward looking distribution, ready
> to try radical changes that break existing assumption, like our init
> scripts with dependencies or our early use of udev. These days, I see so
> much resistance to progress, it makes me sad.
I think the key is to keep huge changes optional to start with. This
one feels like it is being pushed upon us.
I don't really have a big problem with moving to /usr and all that.
However, I do have some concerns with the larger direction that
everybody is taking with vertical integration (which this is just a
part of). For example, if eventually you can't run gnome without
systemd where does that leave bsd gentoo users? Gentoo is about
choice, and various upstream efforts are moving in the direction of
giving users only one choice - take it or leave it. How do you
install KDE and Gnome on the same system when they eventually want
different sysvinit implementations. Will the RedHat and Ubuntu of the
future have no more in common than Tivo and Android do today?
Rich