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 C053F1381F3 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:35:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 83A61E0B12; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-f169.google.com (mail-ve0-f169.google.com [209.85.128.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2FD98E0A76 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:34:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f169.google.com with SMTP id db10so2157320veb.14 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:34:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=40mdIBPo3a42HQKZSG6VX500Cc9TeeiGbFbYCWPigXY=; b=ApvsP3hn+lMb9jJGcE9+U3UxPktqLSbmeokf+RxLAQENOtDcGGPIjRFupgzRzLMXEL yyHigKSoTJSlSjR2QYFWqzNbx1rUE5ZJrLzQsR50k3mHbn4AUkNmFav/M+z8DuO2IDk/ ivdQ/IFcgS9eWfgXmQuldqUZoMjQPenBat5+cHduu3dywTVNxfCzee70sgMNuLehikOc q+eJIA87s/pBZ9PGxIVcafN2Ru598evs90O0pm0Pqiiu4ISxM9FAjyegpSdcTBi/zEck fc3Z5jYbzqM/YqiCgVC/heUFWGxjmMfHFb5NZ0DiogxN6Y7e0Uc3vwDvw00ipAIz7ioV pJ4Q== 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 X-Received: by 10.52.24.4 with SMTP id q4mr3592731vdf.6.1376768094430; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:34:54 -0700 (PDT) Sender: alon.barlev@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.255.193 with HTTP; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:34:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130817193114.GC18473@uriel.asininetech.com> References: <520A5446.1050001@mail.ru> <520DA782.4050803@sporkbox.us> <520F14B2.9080500@sporkbox.us> <20130817083653.GA23823@gentoocompn.netbynet.ru> <87li40jf59.fsf@eder.homelinux.net> <20130817193114.GC18473@uriel.asininetech.com> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:34:54 +0300 X-Google-Sender-Auth: XrbQvIvBVg6DyiyARWA0eBDjS7U Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Optional /usr merge in Gentoo From: Alon Bar-Lev To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 23e32a4b-724c-4ab9-9343-6c10b2cd4848 X-Archives-Hash: 641034aa74b2a32c51b071c09425da6d On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:31 PM, staticsafe wrote: > On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:26:34PM +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Andreas Eder wrote: >> > On 17 Aug 2013, the guard wrote: >> > >> >> > But requiring people to have an initramfs to boot a system >> >> > that doesn't legitimately require it is silly. I don't even >> >> > have /usr mounted separately, but there are many, many >> >> > different system configurations out there and Gentoo is famous >> >> > for supporting a wide variety. That variety is stomped on if >> >> > something like a /usr merge is forced. It also makes building >> >> > your default environment more complicated due to generating an >> >> > initramfs. >> >> >> >> Absolutely agreed. >> > >> > Might be a good time to switch to freebsd :-( >> >> I agree. This is the only escape plan against the new wind of >> dictation into monolithic approach that comes from systemd sponsors >> direction. >> >> Let's see how it turns out... if Linux userspace will become like the >> Windows user space, then freebsd suddenly looks very promising >> alternative. >> >> Regards, >> Alon >> > > Y'all are welcome to switch to Slackware. :) At 2000-2006 this what I actually used. it was the most configurable distribution, then switched to Gentoo because it was mature and even more customizable, easier to extend, while Slackware was on halt for years.