On 07/17/2012 08:12 PM, William Hubbs wrote: >>>> Lastly, don't tell me to read systemd's case for why we should break >>>> people's systems. I have read it and I find it flawed. There is >>>> absolutely no need for us to make this change. >>> >>> Without elaboration on why you find their case flawed, this sounds >>> like the typical, "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" argument. >>> While that has merrit, if there are advantages to doing >>> something, like I think there would be to doing the /usr merge, it may >>> be worth the transition, especially if we can make it as smooth as >>> possible. >> >> The cost to benefit ratio is simply too low for "lets change it because >> it could be better this way" to merit making the change. The things that >> I have heard are going to break existing systems that I have gone >> through some trouble to support. I really don't want to see that. > > You are still not saying what things you have heard. Your concerns can't > be addressed if you don't tell us what they are. > > William >
I have yet to see any convincing reason to do this other than "RedHat is doing it". This change will not make Gentoo a better distribution and it is simply not worth the pain. Some people appear to think that this is an urgent issue and I doubt anything I say will change their minds. The main problem that I have is getting them to accept that they are wrong that urgent action is needed. I firmly believe that we could wait a few years before doing anything. With that said, I have done enough to get the attention of systemd advocates. Giving you an itemized critique of the systemd documentation on the list would draw even more attention to myself and I do not want that. Anything more needs to be said off the list, but quite frankly, I think what I have said is more than sufficient.
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