On Nov 13, Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de> wrote: > I suggest changing the policy to reflect the reality. Using a wrapper > like MAKEDEV to maintain device nodes which use arbitrary choosen > major/minor numbers is just not very useful. Sure, just close the bug if appropriate. > > (Please remember that there is no need to check for udev or devfs in the > > script, because MAKEDEV does it internally.) > Fine. However, I have not seen any d-d-a announcement or private mail > describing the change in that behaviour. It's not a change, I believe that it has always worked this way since devfs support was added. > Further, I expect from you as a carefull maintainer to write at least a > simple HOWTO for your fellows about how (exactly) to deal with > changes/transition to udev. You simply throw people into cold water. I tried educating other developers with multiple posts to my blog and to debian-devel, but I am always available if there are any doubts or help is needed. -- ciao, Marco
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