also sprach Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.08.24.1752 +0200]: > > 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 > udev has also been the hotplug multiplexer for some time now.
Yeah. Horrible. Will udev become an editor and MTA too, maybe after etch? > 2.4 kernels will not be supported in etch, I don't think this is an authoritative statement. At the moment, some architectures do not work with 2.6. > and we never tried to support proprietary drivers if doing so > harms the rest of the system. Apart from the tg3-and-related stuff, we never took active action to make lives of those in need of proprietary drivers any more difficult than it already is. > Some people have reservations, but they appear to be driver more > by emotion than by technical reasons. Really? I have technical issues with udev-does-it-all, and I have issues with the upstream decisions. On a technical level, udev is too Gentoo for me, it's far from stable, and thus far from non-optional integration into Debian. This is my two cents. -- 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! "the duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman." -- honoré de balzac
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