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 5F4B81381F3 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:02:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3A5221C04B for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:02:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-f53.google.com (mail-oa0-f53.google.com [209.85.219.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E19A321C03C for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:31:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j6so6968121oag.40 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:31:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=jNPCd/SjXYfJgPl2O4oLGofAsQPoI+G0teUCUYUySiY=; b=Cw9OV389CpJv6/5gHBbCji9BSKjtjn7TcVJar8htKEj3E/IAuNZhqBiVXRmOVqd3Og E1wXMuBdnKgcUjcKiVfS0jCMb9OlVf9PL4vKNEuMXJFctPpgUT7YlSVDsCIXelS4k515 SVks3B2U3UVzIQE9TzA7htYr2GBjaUVJgG7tnOVWc4rM8xu7EdCbqvUqRJ6V43ynQCfV G4gq9fZ9+WomcEg79gy/XoWkzJBollA0vte/2kQnNyTe5f5A03vsbNKTwM3GaRxzyKZy /bVUBWdp1j/ay8LMaYeflHBEN8qQIKlw5seurpk7MGXqojjnXAMjCP+u49owNKkoSF9C 0vAQ== 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 Received: by 10.60.8.35 with SMTP id o3mr4873621oea.2.1352799085069; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:31:25 -0800 (PST) Sender: markos.chandras@gmail.com Received: by 10.76.151.8 with HTTP; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:31:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50A1B335.2080907@gentoo.org> References: <50A1B335.2080907@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:31:25 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: rxykQovJafivDAKbQmYwEbLUVWI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] With regard to udev stabilization From: Markos Chandras To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: d602165e-9adc-46e0-bc46-e676bc476778 X-Archives-Hash: 6005b74da1f9d0ee202701117c8f7351 On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Richard Yao wrote: > Dear Everyone, > > It is no secret that many of us are unhappy with the direction that udev > has taken under the leadership of the systemd developers. That includes > Linus Torvalds, who is 'leery of the fact that the udev maintenance > seems to have gone into some "crazy mode" where they have made changes > that were known to be problematic, and are pure and utter stupidity.' > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/2/505 > > After speaking with several other Gentoo developers that share Linus' > concerns, I have decided to form a team to fork udev. Our plan is to > eliminate the separate /usr requirement from our fork, among other > things. We will announce the project later this week. > > I understand that the council is scheduled to vote on a topic related to > udev stabilization. Would it be possible to delay the vote for another > month so that we have time to get organized? > > Yours truly, > Richard Yao > Have you tried contacting other distros? They may face the same problems with us and they might be interested in helping us out. -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2