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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Switchup-mode and boottime selector? Was: eselect init
From:       Markos Chandras <hwoarang () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2013-06-22 19:35:00
Message-ID: 51C5FC64.1070406 () gentoo ! org
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On 05/29/2013 09:55 PM, William Hubbs wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 09:56:00PM +0200, Tom Wijsman wrote:
>>> There are a couple of other possible approaches...
>>> 
>>> 1) If the 2 systems can achieve peacefull co-existance (i.e.
>>> no identically-named files with different contents) then simply
>>> have 2 boot entries in /etc/lilo.conf (or grub equivalant)...
>>> 
>>> [SNIP to shorten mail]
>> 
>> Users can already do this, this isn't a solution.
>> 
>> We want to make this easier towards the user, therefore doing
>> heavy discussion to exhaust all the alternatives and maybe
>> someone's interested in implementing one of them that appears
>> most feasible.
> 
> Since users can already do this, why are we bothering with
> re-inventing the wheel? How does running an eselect init command
> make it easier for the user than telling them to edit their boot
> loader config file?
> 
> Gentoo users are expected to build their kernel and write their
> boot loader config file initially, so why are we trying to dumb
> this down?
> 
> William
> 

There is no harm in providing alternatives.

-- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras - Gentoo Linux Developer
http://dev.gentoo.org/~hwoarang

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