On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 04:25:58AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 08:08:48PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > What is "numerous software" and what are they doing with this internal > > und unstable interfaces? > Namely: enomalism, dtc-xen (our software). We are currently getting away > from it, and build a cleaner code using libvirt, but still ... There > must be some other software as well, I remember at least a 3rd one needs > it, but can't remember it's name.
And what do they use? xen.xm? xen.lowlevel? > In both cases, the goal is to avoid forking yet another process, by > calling "xm list", "xm stop" or "xm start" for example, by simply > including some python code and calling the main. Forking a tool is the way to go since Unix was invented. That is why fork is fast. But okay, so they use xen.xm.main. > >> This makes absolutely no sense to me, and also, I don't think that being > >> a maintainer gives you the rights to decide for everyone using the > >> distribution. > > In Debian the maintainer have the power to decide this. However, they > > can be overwritten by the developers at all or the technical > > committee.[1] > But best practice is to listen to suggestions, and be open for > discussions, no? Suggestions to drop support are no good start for a discussion. > >> Also, if there's no /usr/lib/xen, what is the point of having a > >> /etc/alternatives/xen-default? I'd like to understand. > > There is a /usr/lib/xen-default. This link is meant as a last resort > > fallback in case it can't decide which version to use.[2] So in theory you > > can use a handmade Xen with a prebuilt version of the userspace. > My point is that there should be a /usr/lib/xen, and there is no reason > that Debian is the only distro. in the world that doesn't have one, it's > not standard, and always causes issues. No, Xen have several definitions, where it tries to install to by default. /usr/lib/xen is only one. So, if you think this should exist, please elaborate the behaviour of it, including all constraints. Bastian -- We Klingons believe as you do -- the sick should die. Only the strong should live. -- Kras, "Friday's Child", stardate 3497.2 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org