All, David,
Just did the system upgrade with the split of libblockdev packages, all
went fine, though it did suggest install of the LVM plugin. I'm curious as to
the motivation for the change? Easier to maintain? Smaller packages? Less
overhead? etc...
The trend I've seen over the past several years is to subdivide packages,
which as long as they continue to work is fine, but at some point it does
begin making it harder for the user to keep track of what all subpackages are
required for package-X -- unless they are intimately familiar with they
package and their use needs.
So why was libblockdev put on the chopping-block?
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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
