Re: [gentoo-user] from Firefox52: NO pure ALSA?, WAS: Firefox 49.0 & Youtube... Audio: No

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Sat, 24 Dec 2016 02:52:54 +0100, lee wrote:

> >> I only know what the names are when I can look them up when the
> >> computer is running.  I don't call that "predictable".  

That's because you are using a different definition of predictable from
that intended.

> >
> > If they are constructed according to specific rules, they are
> > predictable, by definition.  
> 
> You're overlooking that you need to know exactly, in advance, what the
> rules are applied to, and all the rules, for having a chance that your
> prediction turns out to be correct.

So how do you write udev rules to rename ports without knowing the
specifics of the hardware?

How do you know which port will be eth0 and which will be eth1 the first
time you boot if you use no renaming?

I really don't see your objection to a setting that, while a default, is
trivial to change, even before you boot the installed distro for the
first time. It is clearly useful to others, otherwise they would not have
invested time and effort in implementing. If, in doing so, they had ruled
out all alternatives, you would have a point. Those alternative are still
there, so all you are doing is whining.

No one has taken away your choice to do things how you see fit, why do
you want to do the same for others.

The choices are there, why not just use the one you want and leave others
to use what they want.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full
house and four people died.

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