also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.24.1727 +0200]: > I'd like to know your opinion about speeding up the transition and > removing right now support for hotplug.d/ in your packages, making > them depend on udev.
I have two comments: udev is a device node manager, not a hook system for generic actions to be taking when a device is plugged or unplugged. RUN rules kinda make this possible, but udev is on the right track of doing the wrong thing (i.e. too much). The other comment is that udev is not generally accepted. A lot of people still have reservations about it. Moreover, several setups cannot be migrated to udev just like that, including 2.4 kernels, but also machines with devices not supporting the new kernel driver model (e.g. commercial drivers). Using udev is a decision that affects large other parts of the system and may break it. Requiring users to make that decision in favour of udev just to use my package (libphidgets) is a little over the top. PS: no need to CC me, I read -devel. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! "they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- benjamin franklin
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