On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 08:31:33PM +0100, karl@??? wrote:
> Daniel Reurich:
> ...
> > So... for Devuan, do we want to default to a merged /usr in our coming
> > release of Beowulf or are we going to resist another pointless
> > rearranging of the deck chairs...
>
> I don't want it.
> My view seems to coincide with Rich Moens.
>
> > Keen to get some feedback on this
>
> It is important to keep the boot setup simple, reliable and easy to
> manage for the local admin.
>
> Initrd provides an obstacle and is counterprodictive to that principle
> as is udev.

Especially if not enough system comes up to run the programs needed
to unpack, modify, and repack initrd.

-- hendrik