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 2B7901381F3 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:54:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 81C0C21C0CD; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:53:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yh0-f52.google.com (mail-yh0-f52.google.com [209.85.213.52]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9874121C0DD for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yh0-f52.google.com with SMTP id o22so813103yho.11 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:52:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZDA+5EFQAzuChyZ5KlaJ28szdO+cJcboW2AkW24PKUo=; b=sPOu3zu/QbgIAHFMftvzez4ly/q1RelSPBErFs8thD4W8Uid6REYk7r7Ha4m4PGe5e CoU+j/wDnul2W5zPKaLPGjp8OzrOFsno/jNetN2A0frLYhYTj+rboZIR3WZo1MPXfl4R vW0j0GpP3nZHZY5SjKRcxqpXr/0kxLTg+PTEDCEic2ufrFUihCqscPIx1O/ZAAbI5Adm 2LN3MGF12DziE3DFJgIGa/EylCYbn7rwt0l+w/FJcf2KNUTNLJiYbkBvl2J2ARFIZvWf Z3JDoVDnCa9XECo6piNOqvAkhAmtj7aLEpjEP1tkBA8R71t0FBGd73CGxm5gOyt2+ull gAUg== Received: by 10.236.204.72 with SMTP id g48mr6352948yho.102.1355503934786; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:52:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-94-18.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.94.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y9sm4582309anh.20.2012.12.14.08.52.12 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:52:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <50CB593C.70709@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:52:12 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/17.0 SeaMonkey/2.14.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? References: <50CB1942.3020900@gmail.com> <20121214182311.0c5d8cd6@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20121214182311.0c5d8cd6@khamul.example.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d1f980f1-799f-4058-bf1c-8cf21e309388 X-Archives-Hash: e1c44e5dc4c5cd404b0ed09fced85ecb Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:26:25 +0200 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > >> On 14/12/12 14:19, Dale wrote: >>> I'm thinking of switching and getting rid of the init thingy >> Huh? > Once upon a time, not so long ago, Dale happened to try and make an > initrd. He followed the rules and the docs and it blew up in his face. > It blew up more in his face than HAL did even longer ago (and that was > pretty spectacular). > > Somewhere in that thread the words "init thingy" were used in > frustration, and it's since become a meme, a disparaging reference to > initrd for those who don't like the idea of them. > > Dale is getting famous at this, if ever we need someone to find the > really bad bugs in basic software, just mark it stable enough so that > Dale will use it. He will find the bugs that no-one else ever could, > it's just a knack he has. > > Long live Dale. > > :-) > You would mention hal wouldn't you? :-@ :-@ I have the flu, nasty one at that, and I really don't need to add hal to my list right now. That said, the Doctor called and the blood tests said I was healthy as a horse, other than being sick as a dog. :/ Sort of like software, supposed to work great out of the box but usually doesn't. Imagine me on windoze. O_O Dale :-) :-) P. S. I'm not sure about the living part yet. It's a theory that is yet to be proven. -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!