The evolution of control groups

Posted Nov 3, 2013 19:54 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: The evolution of control groups by rahulsundaram
Parent article: The evolution of control groups

That's... a bit of an indictment of the polkit developers. Should we trust them not to break all our configuration again without caring about the people they leave out in the cold? They did it once before, after all...

The evolution of control groups

Posted Nov 3, 2013 20:18 UTC (Sun) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link] (1 responses)

The older version is afaik parallel installable (Older version: PolicyKit, new version: polkit), so if you want to continue using the older format, you can as long as the distros include it. However the compatibility layer made the older version unnecessary. If you want to be relatively sure, you can ask them directly.

The evolution of control groups

Posted Nov 6, 2013 17:55 UTC (Wed) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Unfortunately that's not true, as the naming change happened at a different time to (a lot earlier than) the config change. Anyone in the middle is stuck. Ah well, the compat thing should do the trick, with a bit of effort...