From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RSREg-00024v-FX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:36:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25A8E21C15C; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:36:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E047821C141 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:34:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com ([209.85.161.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RSRCt-000Lql-2f for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:34:35 +0700 Received: by faan15 with SMTP id n15so6760666faa.40 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:34:30 -0800 (PST) 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 10.205.126.13 with SMTP id gu13mr13829521bkc.114.1321871669905; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:34:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.74.16 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:34:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111121102222.GB7461@waltdnes.org> References: <4EC879CE.5000202@gmail.com> <20111121102222.GB7461@waltdnes.org> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:34:29 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Progress on s/udev/mdev/ From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 4bf8e9bf-bce3-4cac-b202-b615981347e3 X-Archives-Hash: 072f401bbfebf6431dfda65878009f97 On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 17:22, wrote: > On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 09:53:50PM -0600, Dale wrote > >> Question: =C2=A0Is this going to be added to the shiney new Gentoo wiki = at >> some point? =C2=A0The wiki needs some more content for sure. =C2=A0;-) >> >> I didn't know if ya'll had thought of this before or not. > > =C2=A0Actually, I was hoping to convince the devs to accept a patched ebu= ild > that would accept busybox with the +mdev flag, in addition to the other > options in RDEPEND. =C2=A0If this gets accepted by the devs, it would imp= ly > changes in the Gentoo docs, plus an additional new profile, etc, etc. > True, it would be very preferred to have mdev as a new profile. BUT ... If the procedure lacks something and/or causes a huge number of bugs/annoyances, it will never be accepted as a profile. So we'll have to start with what we have right now, and push it to as many early adopters as possible. One way is to put this into wiki.g.o as an article, and give people a linkback via this list and/or the forums. > =C2=A0Right now, it has to be manually maintained, because it's off the > beaten path, and beta-testing, etc. =C2=A0I'm not looking to fork Gentoo.= =C2=A0I > want this to become another optional profile, not a hack-job that has to > be manually maintained by the user. > Eh? The changes are so minor it truly can't be considered a fork. Hack-job, perhaps. Fork, no ;-) > =C2=A0IANACP (I Am Not A C Programmer). =C2=A0I'm willing to help out in = the > documentation, or where ever else I can. > AFAICT, your procedure involves no C programming at all. After reflecting on your procedure, I think the whole process can be automated via scripts (bash and/or .ebuild). Let's see if I can whup up such a script within this week... Rgds, --=20 FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 LOPSA Member #15248 =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com =C2=A0=E2=80=A2 Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan