Re: default udev rules
[Posted August 12, 2008 by corbet]
| From: |
| Scott James Remnant <scott-AT-canonical.com> |
| To: |
| Kay Sievers <kay.sievers-AT-vrfy.org> |
| Subject: |
| Re: default udev rules |
| Date: |
| Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:07:54 +0100 |
| Message-ID: |
| <1218391674.15703.4.camel@wing-commander> |
| Cc: |
| linux-hotplug <linux-hotplug-AT-vger.kernel.org>,
Greg KH <greg-AT-kroah.com>, David Zeuthen <david-AT-fubar.dk> |
On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 12:21 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> We like to remind everybody, that all distros should work towards a
> default udev rules set, instead of maintaining their own home-grown
> version of default rules. We should all unify as far as possible.
> Red Hat, SUSE and Gentoo are already using the same rules files, with a
> minimal rules set on top, in a distro specific file. We ask the rest of
> the universe to join us, and do the same. :)
The conflation of names and permissions in the default rules is a
problem for us, and why Ubuntu has not adopted them.
I'm also entirely unconvinced about putting rules in /lib instead
of /etc
Scott
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Scott James Remnant
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