Re: F24 System Wide Change: Systemd package split

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On 19.11.2015 08:52, Neal Gompa wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Jan Kurik <jkurik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Brian C. Lane <bcl@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.
>>
>>> --
>>> Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA
>> (PST8PDT)
>>
>>
> ​Why not also split out the systemd-network stuff? On most of our spins for
> Fedora releases, we don't even use it. The only product that does is Fedora
> Cloud (and maybe Fedora Atomic, too). It may not necessarily be a big chunk
> of code (I don't know for sure), but I think it would be appreciated if it
> was split out so that it's possible to reduce the amount of code that is
> installed in a minimal context and to give developers/administrators a
> better handle on what is installed on the system for security and auditing
> purposes. ​

+1

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