[arch-general] What can be deleted, when not using systemd - was: polkit package upgrade patch

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:12:56AM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> wrote:
> >> Sad to see rc.conf more or less being deprecated too.
> >
> > Yes, it was very convenient to have almost all essential
> > configuration available in a single file. And it's sad
> > that this is being abandoned not because that brings any
> > benefit to the user but because 'upstream has decided'.
> 
> I do not agree with this. The change does give more features, makes
> things more reliable in the long run and reduces the maintenance
> burden. If we did not agree with "upstream", we would not have to do
> this.

And I don't blame you for it ...

Ciao,

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