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 9168F1381F3 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:40:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1941E21C0C9; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C9D5F21C0C2 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:33:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f53.google.com with SMTP id j5so1826556bkw.40 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:33:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=60ryVbTQrQs+NUDIk9CqU5qKgVaxnB5u49qd76cgBhw=; b=BcrCZABZ4hUa4ggEpa4/KuRt5lOD50Ynap2NMst9O6fJJQRbznmqf37u6QFWD6QgJa 2IexneoGebFlTNEC4oq+hzShHCs5im9zjwK+GozAi/f3AhaBVzP08u9USOl0q8/BFUyF bO0sJHHsktX+wyprP1pK6ZDLjbmErQQ0TIbvI2/gPaKE7libenvZv+ccZw8t0hCMrNUR imwHHYEqLkQcjjzRAypfT/jpwx/CY8f0I2c7k5tuIfIcTfijmXIKmXpEf7SvbytyL8L2 e4A6cKApmNthBM/HoselDJY5XNcZC1d/3zIltbb+2caR4hLK8tKD8rl2wQBfX/s/W0Zi 2A5g== 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 Received: by 10.205.125.137 with SMTP id gs9mr3044067bkc.22.1355502800348; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:33:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.224.74 with HTTP; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:33:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121214182311.0c5d8cd6@khamul.example.com> References: <50CB1942.3020900@gmail.com> <20121214182311.0c5d8cd6@khamul.example.com> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:33:20 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 9ba276d5-8711-4892-8a22-b6f086bae2f1 X-Archives-Hash: 1e3d5741c4861b6fa901351c82758c5f On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:23 AM, 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. Hear! Hear! Dale, would you be interested in jobs doing software testing? If I see openings, I'd be happy to forward them your way... -- :wq