From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4EA1B158086 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:04:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 490332BC013; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:04:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE878E07D3 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:04:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb1-f180.google.com with SMTP id g17so12454628ybe.13 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:04:26 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530bFep7ZA8BPe8/Uiajq469yu//tYdF5vgV8nkBxNGq2iUsj0iG dPvOsuhPJFi0Bwj5w8rPPaKxi1YcmTOBrPvSH/U= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx8uEvoND1v4OcAmIJetCVVAea+nZILyOrIHxlcAwtfW5tBz9OF27b5vK4DrYR5W/XKpY+0uc+CZlLcIyrEZyI= X-Received: by 2002:a25:3b95:: with SMTP id i143mr6779966yba.423.1637852661969; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 07:04:21 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20211124183127.23546-1-floppym@gentoo.org> <1c4bbb0a-35e6-8ac9-79dd-e950b65b22e0@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <1c4bbb0a-35e6-8ac9-79dd-e950b65b22e0@gentoo.org> From: Mike Gilbert Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:04:11 -0500 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] profiles: mask sys-fs/eudev for removal To: Gentoo Dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: ef45dae7-527f-44bd-a401-a1fd4a573d1f X-Archives-Hash: 3b0d5994f5e3caeade82b502ed11a60b On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 9:15 AM Thomas Deutschmann wrote: > > Hi, > > why do you want to drop the package? Since news item, upstream changed. > There will be a new release soon. Was this just on your list to finish > or is there another reason? > > I am currently watching upstream and would wait to see if they really do > the release and keep up with the promise. We can still last-rite next > quarter, not? I sincerely doubt eudev will be well maintained by anyone, and will probably be poorly maintained in Gentoo. It's a maintenance burden we don't need any longer now that sys-fs/udev can be installed on all of the platforms we support. I would guess that the majority of active developers in the base-system project want to see it gone. Also, I am planning to replace the poorly maintained "hwids" package with the "hwdata" package maintained by a Red Hat employee. Part of this plan involved installing the hwdb data that is shipped with udev/systemd. This plan would be blocked if eudev remained in Gentoo.