F24 System Wide Change: Systemd package split

[Jan Kurik]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Brian C. Lane <bcl at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 05:32:02PM +0100, Jan Kurik wrote:
>> = Proposed System Wide Change: Systemd package split =
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/systemd_package_split
>>
>> Change owner(s):
>> Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek AT in DOT waw DOT pl>
>>
>> Two new subpackages will be split out from the main systemd package.
>> systemd-container will contain stuff for launching and managing VMs
>> and containers. system-udev will contain udevd and other
>> hardware-related bits.
>>
>> == Detailed Description ==
>> * systemd-container.rpm will consist of systemd-nspawn,
>> systemd-machined, machinectl, systemd-importd, systemd-pull.
>> * systemd-udev.rpm will consist of systemd-udevd, udevadm, udev rules,
>> and the hardware database.
>>
>> Both new subpackages will be optional. systemd-container.rpm is useful
>> only for people creating containers or VMs. systemd-udev.rpm should be
>> generally installed, but can be skipped in containers.
>
> Thanks for the heads up, note that systemd-machineid is used by Anaconda
> for live installs, and systemd-detect-virt is used to select a package
> group when installing (non-live) to a VM.

Forwarding the above to the devel@ list.

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> Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)



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