Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-25 Thread Jim Gifford
Joshua, I think you summarized everything up very well. Thank you. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-25 Thread Joshua Murphy
On 5/24/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: > Matt, >I did respond, but you chose to ignore it. > > http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2006-May/057282.html > No, I didn't ignore it. I saw that you said "the rules are not that different".

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-25 Thread TheOldFellow
Archaic wrote: On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 08:35:09PM +0100, TheOldFellow wrote: What I can't understand is why, when the CLFS rules have been working for months, that LFS had to reinvent the wheel? The LFS rules have existed since at least June 15, 2004. They predate the CLFS book. Yes, but

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Archaic
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 08:35:09PM +0100, TheOldFellow wrote: > > What I can't understand is why, when the CLFS rules have been working > for months, that LFS had to reinvent the wheel? The LFS rules have existed since at least June 15, 2004. They predate the CLFS book. -- Archaic Want cont

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread TheOldFellow
Matthew Burgess wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: Matt, I did respond, but you chose to ignore it. http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2006-May/057282.html No, I didn't ignore it. I saw that you said "the rules are not that different". At which point I was left scratching

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/24/06, Jim Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: svn co http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/udev I checked the logs to see what's going on, but I didn't see anything. Let me know. It's working fine. I just did a couple test commits. I didn't know the path and was thrown off by svn over htt

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Gifford
Matt, Let us all step out of the picture and let Dan and Alex do what they need to. We have both provided them with the current rules, svn and trac to do with what they need. Let both LFS and CLFS drop out of the equation for now and let that team do what they think is right. Dan and Al

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: Matt, I did respond, but you chose to ignore it. http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2006-May/057282.html No, I didn't ignore it. I saw that you said "the rules are not that different". At which point I was left scratching my head as to why you

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Gifford
Matt, I did respond, but you chose to ignore it. http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2006-May/057282.html -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Matthew Burgess
Randy McMurchy wrote: Jim Gifford wrote these words on 05/24/06 00:19 CST: Just let us know who you want to have full access, and those he only need access to branches/lfs or branches/clfs. I can work offline with you on this. Jim, you sure went to a lot of work without even getting approval

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Justin R. Knierim
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: Could you please provide https access? This would work around a broken transparent http proxy at work. Sure, just setup. It is using a self-signed cert so will have to accept. hops:justin ~/tmp $ svn co https://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/udev Error validating ser

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Gifford
Dan Nicholson wrote: I've been foiled here. Is access through svnserve or http? I'm getting blocked at svn:// and I can't find the repo with http://. What's the name of the repo? Dan, I just testing this command line out, let me know if it works for you svn co http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/re

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/23/06, Jim Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok it's now setup. http://udev.cross-lfs.org/ Alex and Dan when you sign up let me know what your usernames are so I can give you admin access to trac and full access to the SVN. I've been foiled here. Is access through svnserve or http? I'm

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Jim Gifford wrote: svn co http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/udev --username {same id as trac} --password {same password as trac} Could you please provide https access? This would work around a broken transparent http proxy at work. -- Alexander E. Patrakov -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/m

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Jim Gifford
Randy McMurchy wrote: Jim, you sure went to a lot of work without even getting approval from the Project Leaders. Best I can tell, neither the LFS nor BLFS project leaders have approved the plan, much less like it. Randy, I had to take action. I didn't include BLFS in the repo, because

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 5/24/06, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Gifford wrote these words on 05/24/06 00:19 CST: > Just let us know who you want to have full access, and those he only > need access to branches/lfs or branches/clfs. I can work offline with > you on this. Jim, you sure went to a lot of

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-24 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 05/24/06 00:19 CST: > Just let us know who you want to have full access, and those he only > need access to branches/lfs or branches/clfs. I can work offline with > you on this. Jim, you sure went to a lot of work without even getting approval from the Project L

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-24 Thread TheOldFellow
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: The bottom line is if it's Alex or Dan, it needs it's own repo. With branches for LFS and CLFS, so if we make some changes, then Alex or Dan can merge the changes in. On similar note I talked to DJ about this also, a separate repo for bootscripts, wi

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Access is now setup for Dan and Alex, you guys have full control. I still have access, but you can delete it if you need to. The only other person who has access is Justin, since he's maintainer of the hardware for cross-lfs.org, I recommend he stays in that group for troubleshooting for the do

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Dan, We just need someone to lay down the law between the projects. I think your perfect for the job. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/23/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: > Ok it's now setup. http://udev.cross-lfs.org/ > > Alex and Dan when you sign up let me know what your usernames are so I > can give you admin access to trac and full access to the SVN. I have registered as "[EMAIL

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/23/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: > To just make sure we all have a clear understanding. > > 1 - Repo will be created for Bootscripts and Udev rules > 2 - Repo to be maintained by DJ, Alex, and Dan ( my choices). With the > Dev Teams from BLFS, CLFS,

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: Ok it's now setup. http://udev.cross-lfs.org/ Alex and Dan when you sign up let me know what your usernames are so I can give you admin access to trac and full access to the SVN. I have registered as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Only then I found that

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Justin R. Knierim
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: I have registered as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Only then I found that this is inconsistent with "jim". Should I re-register? Your choice. Registered both if you want, it is all good. Justin -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxf

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Jim Gifford wrote: Ok it's now setup. http://udev.cross-lfs.org/ Alex and Dan when you sign up let me know what your usernames are so I can give you admin access to trac and full access to the SVN. I have registered as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Only then I found that this is inconsistent with "ji

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Ok it's now setup. http://udev.cross-lfs.org/ Alex and Dan when you sign up let me know what your usernames are so I can give you admin access to trac and full access to the SVN. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See t

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Alexander E. Patrakov
Jim Gifford wrote: To just make sure we all have a clear understanding. 1 - Repo will be created for Bootscripts and Udev rules 2 - Repo to be maintained by DJ, Alex, and Dan ( my choices). With the Dev Teams from BLFS, CLFS, and LFS. 3 - Trunk to be maintained by DJ, Alex, and Dan. CLFS

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Archaic wrote: What stupid game? I'm pointing out that the goal of unification has already started. The changes made thus far should not be thrown out just because that are in the lfs repo. They should be copied into the new repo and continued. I'll get the repo and trac up on cross-lfs.org.

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 06:45:38PM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > The repo also exists in CLFS, but lets stop playing this stupid game. > Lets get the common repo up. What stupid game? I'm pointing out that the goal of unification has already started. The changes made thus far should not be throw

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Joe Ciccone
Archaic wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:03:05PM -0400, Joe Ciccone wrote: > >> I think a svn repo should be added for a common set of udev rules. I >> will be willing to go through both the lfs rules and the clfs rules, >> find all of the common rules, and mosh them together into one common

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Archaic wrote: Replying to you and Randy, everything you described has already been started. The repo exists now in the LFS repo. Feel free to check it out and also to look at my email that detailed all the changes currently made. There's more in my working copy as well. Things like adding more s

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 09:03:05PM -0400, Joe Ciccone wrote: > > I think a svn repo should be added for a common set of udev rules. I > will be willing to go through both the lfs rules and the clfs rules, > find all of the common rules, and mosh them together into one common > package. I don't thi

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Joe Ciccone
As I've been reading this thread I noticed one common theme. control. The main problem that I think is holding us back is that some people don't want to give up their control over *their* udev rules. Yes, The packages are almost identical. Yes, It would be easy to use cat to create extra rules spe

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Randy McMurchy
Archaic wrote these words on 05/23/06 19:46 CST: > But what about all the other changes? We need to discuss all differences > and sort out which way to go every step of the way if we are going to > produce something both books can use. So, start the ball rolling. As a totally neutral party to th

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 05:29:49PM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > Which you pointed out, and I changed. But what about all the other changes? We need to discuss all differences and sort out which way to go every step of the way if we are going to produce something both books can use. -- Arch

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Archaic wrote: No, it wasn't logical. What was logical was to take a fresh look at things. Udev has been a fast moving target. The rules need refreshed as we go along. For instance, NAME="%k" is no longer needed. A second thing was new concepts that were seemingly not present when LFS/CLFS rules

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 5/23/06, Matthew Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I still think, from an organisational perspective, the rules belong in the LFS repository and that CLFS should add to those rules, either like BLFS does via 'cat'ting to additional files, or by providing additional rules files. +1. -- Tush

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Tushar Teredesai
On 5/23/06, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: > The bottom line is if it's Alex or Dan, it needs it's own repo. With > branches for LFS and CLFS, so if we make some changes, then Alex or Dan > can merge the changes in. > > On similar note I talked to DJ about this also

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 04:26:37PM -0700, Justin R. Knierim wrote: > > So why objections to merging them or even starting with the CLFS rules? > If Alexander is to rule over them like Jeremy H and others mentioned, > then wouldn't it be logical to start with what he already has reviewed? No, i

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Justin R. Knierim
Justin R. Knierim wrote: The CLFS Udev rules were discussed in depth on the clfs-dev list, http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-dev/2006-January/055092.html Obviously I meant lfs-dev, as the link I pasted shows. Typoed the above sentence. Justin -- http://linuxfromscrat

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Justin R. Knierim
Jim Gifford wrote: So the bottom line is Matt, the LFS package should of never been created. But co-operation with CLFS and a unified package could of been born instead of us fighting. Which frankly I'm tired of it. So at this point Matt, I think we will agree to disagree. The CLFS Udev rules

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: So the bottom line is Matt, the LFS package should of never been created. But co-operation with CLFS and a unified package could of been born instead of us fighting. Well, in which case, what *you* should have done is come to LFS when you originally created the udev tarbal

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Matthew Burgess wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: Face it LFS and CLFS both don't want to give up what we currently have, and _/* The CLFS team is trying to compromise*/_ with this proposal, but like normal it's the LFS way or no way. If I knew what we were compromising on, Jim, it'd be a hell of a l

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 04:04:31PM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > Because it will be one package for the entire system. No more separate > development, no separate package. The community has wanted this for > years, but everyone has ignored that fact. But BLFS doesn't have rules files. They t

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Jim Gifford wrote: If we have a common repo for all projects, the unique issues that arise from the projects can be addressed in the private repo there, under a neutral parties control. Face it LFS and CLFS both don't want to give up what we currently have, and _/* The CLFS team is trying to co

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Archaic wrote: I'm really not understanding why BLFS is in this proposal. They are in addition to the rules needed by a base system (whether that base is HLFS, CLFS, or LFS). There is nothing to be gained by putting blfs rules in there, especially since they use cat commands to create the rules t

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: Face it LFS and CLFS both don't want to give up what we currently have, and _/* The CLFS team is trying to compromise*/_ with this proposal, but like normal it's the LFS way or no way. If I knew what we were compromising on, Jim, it'd be a hell of a lot easier. Tell me wha

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Matthew Burgess wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: What you have described, Matt, has been tried and has failed. I think it's a bit too soon to be saying that it's failed. LFS has only been using a udev-config tarball, the contents of which come from the LFS svn repo, for a short period of time

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Archaic wrote: And BTW, Alex was consulted on all of these changes to verify their sanity first. As for the persistence stuff, that's all his work. I just packaged it, so what has been done so far is basically Alex's work with me pitching in a bit. IOW, there is no need to throw the baby out with

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Matthew Burgess wrote: The major advantage to this scheme, IMO, is consistency. Everything to do with the LFS book is in one repository. Likewise, for BLFS and CLFS, everything concerning their books would be in their own svn repos. If you need changes to the LFS bootscripts or rules files

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 11:52:35PM +0100, Matthew Burgess wrote: > > I think it's a bit too soon to be saying that it's failed. LFS has only > been using a udev-config tarball, the contents of which come from the > LFS svn repo, for a short period of time. No, not even. The repo has not been u

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Matthew Burgess wrote: Everyone? IIRC Jeremy made the suggestion, Dan agreed, now *everyone* wants to move from a process that is well understood and appears to work without problems to some new procedure whose benefits haven't even been outlined? The current process doesn't take in account

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:36:07PM +0100, Matthew Burgess wrote: > > LFS/trunk/BOOK - LFS book, forms the base of CLFS, BLFS, etc. > LFS/trunk/bootscripts - LFS bootscripts, forms the base on which BLFS > and CLFS bootscripts are built on. > LFS/trunk/udev-config - LFS udev rules, forms the base

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: What you have described, Matt, has been tried and has failed. I think it's a bit too soon to be saying that it's failed. LFS has only been using a udev-config tarball, the contents of which come from the LFS svn repo, for a short period of time. -- http://linuxfroms

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Justin R. Knierim wrote: Jeremy Huntwork wrote: we still need to hear Alexander's comments on it, so let's give him the time he needs. (I think he's sleeping, atm.) He is gone for another week at least, an exam and other things until 20060602: http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archi

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Matthew Burgess wrote: So, what are the drawbacks to this approach? Why won't it work? My comments below are concerning udev *only*. As I've said, to me, the bootscripts are a separate issue. What you suggested is the approach that LFS has assumed up to now and CLFS has rejected. If I'm vi

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Justin R. Knierim
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: we still need to hear Alexander's comments on it, so let's give him the time he needs. (I think he's sleeping, atm.) He is gone for another week at least, an exam and other things until 20060602: http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/livecd/2006-May/003576

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Jim Gifford wrote: Is this acceptable to all. The bootscripts package and udev rules seem to me to be two separate issues here, and at least until there's shown to be some benefit of merging those two together, I'd prefer to keep them separate. So far, most seem agreeable to making the udev

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: Development of the rules will need to submitted into a common svn, that will need to be created. I'm going to do a complete about-turn on my earlier message from tonight. The way I see it is that the current svn layout and procedures around them should work just fine: L

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 05/23/06 16:07 CST: What everyone wants is a unified package, where all the scripts for BLFS, CLFS, and LFS are in one package. We will need to become dependent on the this team that will be handling this package. We can have them release a nightly tarball i

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: Randy, What everyone wants is a unified package, where all the scripts for BLFS, CLFS, and LFS are in one package. Everyone? IIRC Jeremy made the suggestion, Dan agreed, now *everyone* wants to move from a process that is well understood and appears to work without pro

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Randy, What everyone wants is a unified package, where all the scripts for BLFS, CLFS, and LFS are in one package. We will need to become dependent on the this team that will be handling this package. We can have them release a nightly tarball if we need to, but these are the details that a

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 05/23/06 15:51 CST: > Randy, > We would have our own branches, and DJ, Alex, and Dan would control > the releases and what is in trunk. If a release is needed, the dev teams > would contact them with the reason for the release and they would take > care of it

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
Randy, We would have our own branches, and DJ, Alex, and Dan would control the releases and what is in trunk. If a release is needed, the dev teams would contact them with the reason for the release and they would take care of it. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FA

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread M.Canales.es
El Martes, 23 de Mayo de 2006 22:41, Jim Gifford escribió: > Is this acceptable to all. Seem fine to me. -- Manuel Canales Esparcia Usuario de LFS nº2886: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org LFS en castellano: http://www.escomposlinux.org/lfs-es http://www.lfs-es.com TLDP-ES:

Re: Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Randy McMurchy
Jim Gifford wrote these words on 05/23/06 15:41 CST: > Is this acceptable to all. No. One person should not have final say on anything except an overall project leader. For example, the entire BLFS Editing staff should have write privileges to whatever repo will be used to create the 'production'

Summarize of Plan and changes - was Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
To just make sure we all have a clear understanding. 1 - Repo will be created for Bootscripts and Udev rules 2 - Repo to be maintained by DJ, Alex, and Dan ( my choices). With the Dev Teams from BLFS, CLFS, and LFS. 3 - Trunk to be maintained by DJ, Alex, and Dan. CLFS Branch to be maintai

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/23/06, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jim Gifford wrote: > The bottom line is if it's Alex or Dan, it needs it's own repo. With > branches for LFS and CLFS, so if we make some changes, then Alex or Dan > can merge the changes in. > > On similar note I talked to DJ about this also

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Jim Gifford wrote: The bottom line is if it's Alex or Dan, it needs it's own repo. With branches for LFS and CLFS, so if we make some changes, then Alex or Dan can merge the changes in. On similar note I talked to DJ about this also, a separate repo for bootscripts, with the same requirements

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
The bottom line is if it's Alex or Dan, it needs it's own repo. With branches for LFS and CLFS, so if we make some changes, then Alex or Dan can merge the changes in. On similar note I talked to DJ about this also, a separate repo for bootscripts, with the same requirements will also need to b

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
Matthew Burgess wrote: Even though I'm sure it'll differ very little (if at all) from what's currently in LFS, sure, go ahead. Obviously we can't presume Alexander will agree to maintain it, so if there are any other volunteers then I'm all ears. Well, if Alexander doesn't want the job, my s

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Archaic wrote: On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:21:24PM -0400, Chris Staub wrote: I was just in the middle of writing a (somewhat longer) response that basically said the same thing. Start the project with all the stuff common to the LFS and CLFS rules, and go from there. If it will allow this thi

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/23/06, Jeremy Huntwork <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: M.Canales.es wrote: > IMHO, the best solution is to drop both and create a separate Udev-Rules > project managed by a neutral developer. Heh, that's great - and I can't believe no one said it before now. And Alexander is the perfect guy for

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 02:21:24PM -0400, Chris Staub wrote: > > I was just in the middle of writing a (somewhat longer) response that > basically said the same thing. Start the project with all the stuff > common to the LFS and CLFS rules, and go from there. If it will allow this thing to move

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Chris Staub
Jeremy Huntwork wrote: Heh, that's great - and I can't believe no one said it before now. And Alexander is the perfect guy for the job, if he's willing. If you want neutrality and a working solution for all participants, this is the way to go. I was just in the middle of writing a (somewh

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Jeremy Huntwork
M.Canales.es wrote: IMHO, the best solution is to drop both and create a separate Udev-Rules project managed by a neutral developer. Heh, that's great - and I can't believe no one said it before now. And Alexander is the perfect guy for the job, if he's willing. If you want neutrality and a w

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread M.Canales.es
El Martes, 23 de Mayo de 2006 19:24, Matthew Burgess escribió: > And as much as you say you want a joint effort, you're unprepared to > drop your package in favour of the one that LFS is using without any > technical justification, merely saying "we had a tarball first". IMHO, the best solution

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: This is my last post on this issue, like I've said I'm tired of all this crap. This is my opinion. I know a lot of people feel the same way I do about this, and would love to see the projects unified or at least some type of join effort between them. And as much as you say

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Archaic
On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:24:11AM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > The bottom line is that LFS should of not created a new package. They > should contacted CLFS team and worked together, which was the original > plan way back when 2.6.15 was released. This is apparently a misunderstanding. The p

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages - My final post on this matter

2006-05-23 Thread Jim Gifford
This is my last post on this issue, like I've said I'm tired of all this crap. This is my opinion. I know a lot of people feel the same way I do about this, and would love to see the projects unified or at least some type of join effort between them. The bottom line is that LFS should of not c

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 5/22/06, Jim Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We in CLFS have our udev rules. LFS has their udev rules. BLFS is going to have their rules. Here is what I'm proposing. Making a unified package of rules, with targets make install-lfs and make install-clfs. Going through each of the

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Jim Gifford
Archaic, I'm tired of this constant fighting crap between the projects, you can take credit for everything. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Archaic
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:26:49PM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > > That was the point of this thread, Archaic, I said after Ryan and I > discussed this I would post a response. So let's just forgot the whole > thing and leave both projects separate. Jim, you didn't post a response. You posted a

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Archaic
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 02:16:42PM -0700, Justin R. Knierim wrote: > > WHY are you trying to discuss this privately? Many if not most proposals are first formed off list. If a couple of developers manage to hash something out that seems reasonable, then it goes on list for finalization. This is n

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Jim Gifford
Justin R. Knierim wrote: Archaic wrote: Thanks a lot for the plagarism. This is the same proposal I made to you in a private email (and one where you never gave any comment). Just my $0.02 but... WHY are you trying to discuss this privately? This seems perfectly appropriate for lfs-dev, and

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Justin R. Knierim
Archaic wrote: Thanks a lot for the plagarism. This is the same proposal I made to you in a private email (and one where you never gave any comment). Just my $0.02 but... WHY are you trying to discuss this privately? This seems perfectly appropriate for lfs-dev, and a good solution that most

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Archaic
On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:06:21PM -0700, Jim Gifford wrote: > > Making a unified package of rules, with targets make install-lfs > and make install-clfs. Going through each of the rules and figure out > which are common and which are specific. If that won't work, still have > a unified pa

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: In CLFS we do have some additional rules, but many of them are the same. So why don't you just drop the ones that are the same, leaving you with just the additional rules required for CLFS? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromsc

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Jim Gifford
One more point, is that both CLFS and LFS are both trying to get to a release point in June, but to a lot of us this is an issue that needs to be resolved. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information pag

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Joe Ciccone
Matthew Burgess wrote: > Rather than creating a whole new package, why don't you just list what > you don't like about the current LFS rules? Or has this been done > before and I missed it? As far as I know both sets of rules work exactly as they're intended to. There is nothing wrong with either

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Jim Gifford
Matt, The issue is that CLFS had a udev package that was tested and now that LFS has a udev package that has been tested, it just doesn't make sense to have multiple packages with the same rules. In CLFS we do have some additional rules, but many of them are the same. Numerous times i've be

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Matthew Burgess
Jim Gifford wrote: We in CLFS have our udev rules. LFS has their udev rules. BLFS is going to have their rules. Here is what I'm proposing. Making a unified package of rules, with targets make install-lfs and make install-clfs. Rather than creating a whole new package, why don't you

Re: Unifying the Udev Rules Packages

2006-05-22 Thread Matt Darcy
Jim Gifford wrote: This is been a topic of many different discussions. A lot of people have tried to convince both sides, but nothing has ever been settled. It needs to be settled before this rift between projects gets any bigger. We in CLFS have our udev rules. LFS has their udev rules. B