I see vdev as more of a medium/long-term solution. I'd create a libudev-compat library that implemented the udev API, but I'd structure vdev to expose the same information via the filesystem (so libudev-compat would just perform the requisite filesystem queries for legacy applications).
Jude On Dec 28, 2014 2:56 PM, "Dima Krasner" <d...@dimakrasner.com> wrote: > You can't just switch to vdev, because many packages depend on libudev. > Only udev and eudev provide it. > > eudev is the only realistic option right now, because it's a drop-in > replacement. Moreover, it's the only udev alternative with feature-parity. > > By the way, I'm not sure whether vdev is ready for the prime time. > > On Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:26:49 -0500 > "Martinx - ジェームズ" <thiagocmarti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > I'm wondering here about what to do with `udev`, which is `systemd` in > > fact... > > > > What about this: > > > > > > 1- Rename current `udev` package to `systemd-udev`; > > > > 2- Add `vdev`; > > > > 3- Add `eudev`; > > > > 4- Add `mdev`; > > > > 4- Create a new Metapackage called `udev`, that will Depends on `eudev | > > vdev | mdev | systemd-udev`. > > > > > > This will be very similar to the new `init` Metapackage on Jessie, that > > Depends on `systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core | upstart`. > > > > What do you guys think? > > > > Also, I would like to know more about the quality of `eudev` and if it > > worth keeping it, since `systemd` developers will remove its "netlink" > > support (am I right)? Then, `systemd-udev` will depends on `systemd` as > > PID1 in the future (through KDBUS, if I'm not wrong), making it very hard > > to keep `eudev` up to date. Source: > > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-May/019657.html > > > > I would like to evaluate `vdev` soon as possible. > > > > Best! > > Thiago > > > -- > Dima Krasner <d...@dimakrasner.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >
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