On 01/21/2012 03:45 PM, Dale wrote: > Zac Medico wrote: >> On 01/21/2012 01:34 PM, Dale wrote: >>> Michał Górny wrote: >>>>> It's funny how I never needed one before either but now things are >>>>> being broken. It's not LVM that is breaking it either. I wouldn't >>>>> need the initramfs even if It was on a regular partition until the >>>>> recent so called "improvements." >>>> >>>> ...and your main argument is 'long, long ago someone decided that it >>>> should match the same taste as mine, so it should be like it forever'. >>>> Of course, those times there were no such thing as an initramfs... >>>> >>> >>> >>> Then don't break that. Just because someone came up with a initramfs >>> doesn't mean everyone should be forced to use one. >> >> The old way imposes requirements that are no longer supported by >> upstream software. So, you basically have three choices: >> >> 1) Use old software that supports the old way >> 2) Develop new software to support the old way >> 3) Use an initramfs or pre-init script to mount /usr if it must be on >> a separate partition > > > So the solution is to break things because things are broken.
Well, option 2 means that people have to step up write software that supports the old way. For most people, option 3 is probably the most practical route. -- Thanks, Zac
