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 32F7F1381F3 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:08:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9AE69E0C90; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:08:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from virtual.dyc.edu (mail.virtual.dyc.edu [67.222.116.22]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD41DE0B37 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 13:08:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.3.7] (cpe-69-207-16-110.buffalo.res.rr.com [69.207.16.110]) by virtual.dyc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7D72774C02B for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2013 09:08:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <5210C73B.8050602@opensource.dyc.edu> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 09:08:11 -0400 From: "Anthony G. Basile" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130813 Thunderbird/17.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] rfc: separate /usr preparation vote References: <20130817222025.GA15851@linux1> <21008.27285.932342.231536@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <21008.27285.932342.231536@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e03bf5ef-dcdf-4c30-8122-ff6e8bc26233 X-Archives-Hash: 965600777b48891d2b924a3ea4a2efba On 08/18/2013 02:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2013, William Hubbs wrote: > >> The Council agrees that all preparations for dropping support >> for separate /usr without an initramfs or similar boot mechanism are >> complete. > > Why such a hurry? We have voted that we would "eventually" drop > support, and in the log you can find that we were talking about a > timeframe of six months. > > I suggest that we revisit the topic no earlier than in six months from > now. > > Ulrich > ditto. I want this debated in the community, ie, I want to hear the community say "all the preperation for dropping support ... are complete". --Tony -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph. D. Chair of Information Technology D'Youville College Buffalo, NY 14201 (716) 829-8197