Greg KH schrieb: > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 09:27:05PM -0400, Richard Yao wrote: >> On 05/04/12 20:58, Greg KH wrote: >>> Why do we really care about non-udev and non-dbus users? It's only >>> going to get worse and worse if people don't want to use these core, >>> base libaries of the Linux "stack". >> >> I was under the impression that in order for there to be a Linux stack, >> the Linux tree would need to include a userland in addition to a kernel. > > Huh? Don't you consider the kernel + glibc + xorg today a good "Linux > stack"? Isn't the "Android stack" another example of a good "Linux > stack"?
I'd say that Android is an operating system based on Linux. It is not 'the Linux "stack"'. I think he was wondering whether the lock-in between dbus, udev and the Linux kernel will reach proportions where they will be distributed in one source tree. Best regards, Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn