On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > > On 2013-08-18 10:55 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> And, putting aside systemd and getting back on topic to the council's >> decision of (eventually) not supporting separated /usr without an >> initramfs; have you ever stopped to consider that, perhaps, that's the >> best *technical* decision? (*gasp*) > > > That is *not* the concern here, Canek, and that should be obvious from the > comments here. > > Repeat: the primary concern is *not* about separate /usr without initramfs. > > The primary concern is that systemd will eventually be shoved down our > throats whether we want it or not, and using eudev or mdev or *anything* > other than systemd (ie OpenRC/eudev) will. > *snip* > >> When you have almost all distributions converging on that, and even >> *the OpenRC maintainer* (which is the one pushing this, BTW, not the >> systemd guys) supporting that decision, don't you think that perhaps, >> just*perhaps*, everybody screaming about the sky falling (which, BTW, >> >> they are certainly noisy, but I really don't think are that many) are >> overreacting and even (*gasp* again) wrong? > > > Again, the main issue is not about separate /usr, so please stop trying to > deflect the subject... >
Isn't that what this thread is about? "Optional /usr merge in Gentoo" Can someone please explain to me what's so hard and/or complicated about making an initramfs? At this point in time it's extremely simple for me, but I only manage relatively simple systems (although I'd like that to change soon). All I do is add one extra line (for example - "dracut -H --kver=3.11.0-rc6") to my kernel install procedure. Granted, the only reason I have an initramfs is for the plymouth splash screen (other systems aren't desktops) -- but from everything I can see it's not too complicated otherwise. -- Alecks Gates
