From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB70F1381F3 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:49:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D7B82E0997; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:49:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f172.google.com (mail-we0-f172.google.com [74.125.82.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA8B4E0980 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 18:49:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f172.google.com with SMTP id q56so1074900wes.31 for ; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:49:03 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=1srMULU/KK3a2nX/Hm7btBkoZPDiMKJ2X4uZ89sdsls=; b=Wo2nkVBiO5SMZD33l/2jzavTZ1RggOrgepaXtdzXLrXctJ3FNUW/vyJNlq8wjulRwo AU/UJc6g2JhmQxjeuTaBYc/BrsqLjAUDhlYNgALl201qh0edh5+Pnkr7Q8kh6JV6kbgb rVuyxrSxF4jg9+m9q7gW9DQJx90mCmCWGVGarK58/4wuqpy/55vbdCpTmX0Q9ODaJ4Cd 21A7jr8WXrEPb6t3mb0OnKKg9BrqKmNFV/TK0m2HryaCI2vqMfcp7IGbyL09DQz/TI8f ESa+OwT1TZHJCX9KBStWwHLn+DtTgv+Tet7jJVmaku6Tw4aQtdp2Uu6foPijcm0CRH9T Mu+g== X-Received: by 10.180.12.72 with SMTP id w8mr10039301wib.4.1370198943278; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:49:03 -0700 (PDT) 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lxnay@sabayonlinux.org Received: by 10.194.122.8 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 11:48:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130602182038.GA4485@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> References: <51A08A68.3020900@gentoo.org> <20130601092355.GB25065@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> <51AB0D39.8050506@gentoo.org> <20130602182038.GA4485@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk> From: Fabio Erculiani Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 20:48:23 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: C_tTlBco3TZM9Q9AUQKuKKnsSGQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: eselect init To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmMFdfHL6xgX6aPHVG+/5ABc66mJZpkVMPzVK1jlM+4o1K5Bjq52YDrnQ9hY9kMcJQCyxkn X-Archives-Salt: db6db463-4e2f-488d-93f4-a3cd5707b7fa X-Archives-Hash: a772e03a0af01ff48e4f1b317ce1ed10 On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Steven J. Long wrote: > [...] > The whole symlink/boot/fallback thing is simply a waste of technical effort. > And blanket "your opinion" and "you didn't comment a week ago, so I don't > have to deal with the substance of your points" don't change that. Waste? We have multiple use cases for that as stated in several places (here, bugzilla, IRC, etc). If such use cases are of no interest for you, then you shouldn't be bothered. > > Please, make a better case next time. > > -- > #friendly-coders -- We're friendly, but we're not /that/ friendly ;-) > -- Fabio Erculiani