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 7D81F1381F3 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:25:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 55350E0EC2; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:24:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a58.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FF2DE0EA1 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:24:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a58.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a58.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FF1C7D805B for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=pcpF3UqSS7oJRbEhIjJ6za5yp+Q=; b=fOQl4zz5vB4g AZIkEWHoFSVhCD3nM2cleKvqpKEZcL4dsQ3GWPeuT2wb4RuFjpw5O9KuW1rjuer8 kJ2zxljAOHwULO8CpepQTL6KL16s+3+vSQdXDypdzuacEHDahqY2jWo2HfzwibqF qIWZwtq90Kj1oYs2hvAJGb239+Lw+IE= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [159.63.145.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a58.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5C43A7D8058 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52486249.60904@libertytrek.org> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:24:25 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 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] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 References: <20130927222109.GD23408@server> <5246079E.7090406@gmail.com> <20130927223916.GE23408@server> <52460D42.2080109@gmail.com> <52461056.9020604@gmail.com> <52469659.8040003@gmail.com> <20130928123045.GG23408@server> <52483741.8000806@libertytrek.org> <20130929145710.GN23408@server> In-Reply-To: <20130929145710.GN23408@server> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 655b93c7-69ad-442a-bffc-5ad9d1831d0e X-Archives-Hash: 0a21d09945f0d58d1ca01922bb8d444b On 2013-09-29 10:57 AM, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:20:49AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 2013-09-28 8:30 AM, Bruce Hill wrote: >>> This does not mean that on November 1 your system will not be able to boot. >>> Its simply means that beginning November 1, Gentoo devs are not required to >>> jump through hoops to make apps work on systems with /usr separate from /. >>> >>> Now, what are you going to do? That's the question. >> >> This won't necessarily be the end of the worl, if, and ONLY if any and >> all ebuild mainteainers are REQUIRED to provide very large and scary >> warnings if they change something that will cause any systems with a >> separate /usr and NO initramfs to fail to boot. > > The news item *IS* the warning. Oh for fucks sake... BULLSHIT. If an ebuild maintainer changes something that will BREAK BOOTING on systems that violate the 'no separate /usr without an initramfs' rule, what in the FUCK is the problem with requiring them to WARN PEOPLE?