> Three points :- > 1) systemd - not all gentoo users subscribe to this 'philosophy' .. >but >no, I don't want get drawn into debates of yes/no of systemd ..
The article start by saying the points are not just for systemd, even though the latter might find the merge more 'needed'... >2) "Today, a separate /usr partition already must be mounted by the >initramfs during early boot, thus making the justification for a >split-off moot." - no, not all gentoo users have an initramfs and >need/want one .. so this is a false assumption. Agreed, this does not apply to Gentoo. >3) I still believe there is merit in distinguishing between binaries >that can/should be run as root, and those that can/should not. Those >that run as root 100% of the time, or use VMs, don't really 'use' linux >in the original sense of the OS .. /usr/sbin still exists in a merged usr, so I don't get that point... >*hides in his bike-shed, awaiting the flaming torches....* Don't worry: no troll here. -- Damien Levac