Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-17 Thread Neven Sajko via arch-general
The fact is that pushing to get some experimental software installed and, especially, configured by default in Arch is rude from my viewpoint (as an Arch user), extremely so when * There are alternatives already in the Arch repos, while this one is not even packaged * "This is a project in rust."

Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-17 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Chris, > I consider your response: > 1. Disrespectful to me. I agree. > Is this sort response representative of the Arch Linux community? A minority seem to think OpenBSD's, perhaps inaccurate, reputation is a target. > Relative newcomers, and first time posters, should expect this kind of

Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-17 Thread Óscar García Amor via arch-general
El vie., 17 ene. 2020 a las 5:18, Chris Murphy () escribió: > Is this sort response representative of the Arch Linux community? > Relative newcomers, and first time posters, should expect this kind of > hostility? I think it's embarrassing. In arch-general list can write anyone. Just ignore him.

Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-16 Thread Chris Murphy
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:03 AM Neven Sajko via arch-general wrote: > > > ... installed by default ... > > > ... Is it really a feature that the user needs to know about specific > > implementations? > > > ... always including it in an installation by default, just like the > > existing swap uni

Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-16 Thread Neven Sajko via arch-general
> ... installed by default ... > ... Is it really a feature that the user needs to know about specific > implementations? > ... always including it in an installation by default, just like the existing > swap units, rather than expecting users to manually install a package. You obviously know

Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-15 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 6:45 AM Geo Kozey via arch-general wrote: > > There are many tools to configure zram available, one is even in Arch Linux > repos: > https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/systemd-swap/ Right. And typically they don't co-exist, they expect they're the only one.

Re: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-13 Thread Geo Kozey via arch-general
> From: Chris Murphy > Sent: Mon Jan 13 05:51:15 CET 2020 > To: > Subject: [arch-general] systemd-zram generator > > > Hi, > > swap-create@.service generator for zram devices > https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator > > zram: Compressed RAM based block

[arch-general] systemd-zram generator

2020-01-12 Thread Chris Murphy
Hi, swap-create@.service generator for zram devices https://github.com/systemd/zram-generator zram: Compressed RAM based block devices https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt The gist is, if a configuration file exists, a /dev/zram0 device is created during early boot and mark