On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 08:16:57PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Dec 07, Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> wrote: > > > If this is the future way and the way the developer want to go, then > > the way will succeed in time, but as Goswin said, it will take time. > > > > The admins who think the new way is bad will not change their > > systems. New admins may think otherwise, and if the old server will > > be replaced, they change the system to the new way. > I do not think you understand well the issue: we cannot accomodate > everybody, this is not just a matter of local policy. > Two issues are being discussed here: > - mounting /usr in the initramfs > - symlinking /bin, /sbin and /lib to their /usr counterparts[1] > > The first feature sooner or later will be needed to support some major > software: this is not just about udev, it going to be required soon by > major desktop/gnome components.
Please excuse me if I misunderstand things, but there was no information about this in the previous thread: why would gnome _ever_ care when /usr is mounted? This seems like a violation of proper layering, if the desktop software care about such minute details of the boot sequence. Am I just misunderstanding things? (I hope so!) iustin
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