On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 03:53:11PM +0100, tito via Dng wrote:
> Hi,
> to be honest I have no opinion on it because I never looked at the code
> (last time I touched something similar it was devfsd which I shrinked
> in a ugly way for bb) and it would be a cold dive anyway.
> Does mdev have all needed features to replace udev/eudev?
> I'm for sticking as close as possible to debian (until they are
> enlightened....centos' end should be a lesson to them) to reduce the
> fallout of the changes and because the devuan manpower is limited.
> Minor non invasive modifications like if2mac script give you back the
> desired functionality without interfering with the internals.

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev says:
In general, when using KDE or GNOME, mdev is not suitable.
but does not explain why.
I surmise that KDE and GNOME have some specific involvement with udev.

-- hendrik

>
> Ciao,
> Tito
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