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Autore: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Oggetto: Re: [DNG] vdev packaging
Le 29/08/2016 16:49, Ralph Ronnquist a écrit :
> Didier Kryn wrote on 29/08/16 22:40:
>> Le 27/08/2016 00:45, Ralph Ronnquist a écrit :
>>>
>>> You can also build your own deb's by cloning
>>> https://git.devuan.org/ralph.ronnquist/vdev
>>
>> Hi Ralph.
>>
>>     I had a look at the above-mentioned link with my web browser. I
>> think all the text is from Jude and part of it is at the first person,
>> however I couldn't find a mention of his name, which, probably Jude
>> forgot to insert.

>>
>>     Do you think there's a way to mention that this is the beginning of
>> the take-over of an orphaned software authored by Jude Nelson and he is
>> still the author of all of it, including the description and the FAQ? Or
>> maybe the documentation should be re-written.

>>
>>     I noticed with great interest that libudev-compat is completely
>> independent of vdev, which is a very smart design decision of Jude. He
>> further explicitly states that any other hotplugger can be used in
>> place of vdev or udev, while still benefiting of libudev-compat. This,
>> in my opinion, means that simpler hotpluggers, like mdev, can be used
>> and allow Xserver.xorg to work, because what xorg requires is libudev's
>> API. This confirms that the design of vdev is much smarter than udev, or
>> that udev authors deliberately introduced a lock-in.

>>
>>     Didier

>
> Good point. I have revised the project front page. The files otherwise
> remain as copies, apart from the minor changes to the Makefiles and
> the additions of "debian" subdirectories for package configurations.
> Plus that I've started the drafting of man pages. Though I can't keep
> up the pace with my day-job craving attention.
>

     Sure, there are priorities... :-)