Re: Plans for CONFIG_VT death?

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On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 09:04:23AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Jookia, le jeu. 04 juil. 2024 17:02:14 +1000, a ecrit:
> > On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 08:57:14AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Jookia, le jeu. 04 juil. 2024 13:10:05 +1000, a ecrit:
> > > > More and more sighted developers want to remove CONFIG_VT
> > > 
> > > Where is that raised?
> > 
> > It's not raised, but it seems to be a goal that's been around for a while.
> > Every year a reddit post comes out by someone testing CONFIG_VT=n and
> > showing how much better it's getting,
> 
> Then people can set =n, that's all good for them, it doesn't necessarily
> imply removing the code.
> 
> > without mentioning it breaks speakup. The VT subsystem is also
> > apparently not actively developed.
> 
> A lot of Linux code is not actively developed :)
> 
> > > > without adding accessibility support.
> > > 
> > > Was that explicitly expressed?
> > 
> > No, but that's what will happen at this point.
> 
> If nobody raises the concern, sure. So it's just a matter of raising the
> concern.

I'm a little rattled from everything in userspace breaking because
developers see unmaintained ramps and replace them with stairs. Is the
kernel better about this?

> 
> Samuel

Jookia.




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