---------------------------------------- From: Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general@archlinux.org> Sent: Fri Nov 01 23:06:03 CET 2019 To: <arch-general@archlinux.org> Cc: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> Subject: Re: [arch-general] new packaging of the kernel/mkinitcpio/kmod
Dracut does not work out of the box (we currently patch it to not use a nonexistent tool, and the same patch is now in upstream master but with no release in sight), and has issues like the tests failing on non-Redhat systems.
Our dracut packager tried to get in touch with the dracut developer, after a lack of success for quite some time it seems that the individual in question was on... parental leave, IIRC? I'm not sure what the current status is.
In such cases using tip of git branch would help.
So the jury is still out on whether dracut or mkinitcpio is more work. ;)
Making dracut work initially may need some work but after that it will just work. There is also 3rd-party initramfs modules developer perspective where coding something once which then will work on all distros (as dracut is supported in fedora/rhel, ubuntu/debian, suse, etc.) makes life easier than having to support each distro separately. Fragmentation is big issue as always. Yours sincerely G. K.