Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: [gentoo-project] With regard to udev stabilization

[Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Walter Dnes wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 07:24:54PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote
>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 09:20:42PM -0600, Dale wrote
>>>>> Well, it appears we have someone willing to fork udev.  Yeppie !!
>>>>> Me, I'm looking forward to seeing how this works and giving it a test
>>>>> run when it gets ready.  Since it is a fork, shouldn't be to long,
>>>>> I hope.
>>>>   BTW, this has hit Slashdot...
>>>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/11/16/2052203/gentoo-developers-fork-udev
>>> Be sure to read Richard Yao's response:
>>> http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3256499&cid=42006113
>>   I understand that he's still getting the effort organized.  I am not a
>> C programmer, but if the effort needs any beta testers, I'm willing to
>> volunteer.  BTW, it looks like Lennart Poettering is more unpopular than
>> Steve Ballmer on Slashdot.
>>
>
> Thing I like about the fork, if people get fed up with udev, udev falls
> flat on its face or something else causes udev to fail, we have a udev
> already ready.  That statement may not be true for another couple months
> or so but at least there is a Gentoo plan B.
>
> Also, I can get rid of dracut too.  ;-)
>
> Walter, I wonder how much your work helped this along?  If you had not
> stepped up and did what you have done, then this fork may have never
> happened.  You could have at least let others know there are people
> looking for something else.  If so, thanks for that.  :-D

I think Walter's work (and his dogged perseverance despite the
negative reactions I'd seen) played a pivotal role in having this play
out the way it did.

If he hadn't, I'm sure the systemd+udev thing would have gotten worked
out anyway, I'm not sure the solution would have come from within
Gentoo, and would not have come in the form of a fork, had Walter's
work not been so obvious a focal point.

Thanks, Walter.

*tips hat*

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