Is the project still active?

[lumarogit]

I've seen several pull requests go unanswered for months, as well as no commits merged. I hope this continues. Thanks.

[ElyasSindi2020]

well heres the thing. 1st off void linux uses eudev so if it truly was dead they would switch to something else or fork it them selves.

and also, if a project is not in need of updates, it wont be updated. so far there isnt really anything wrong with eudev so what would need an update? if u were to update it, what would u update? theres nothing to update. if something did need to be updated. it surely will be updated.

[lumarogit]

Thanks for responding. If you're a developer on this project, please review this PR.

#290

Thank you.

[ElyasSindi2020]

I'm not a dev on this

[ruby-R53]

if a project is not in need of updates, it wont be updated. so far there isnt really anything wrong with eudev so what would need an update?

you do have a point, but i see that a lot of the issues here went unanswered and some of them are bugs, so i would say there actually is something wrong in some parts of it that should be reviewed

i'm making this comment a literal year since the last commit here too, and considering the pace of development was rather fast in 2024, i fear this project is going dormant

[mid-kid]

eudev has a lot of code that needs to evolve along with changes in the kernel and changes in hardware. While it seems to still work fine for all my use cases, I can't really imagine this to hold true forever.

[ruby-R53]

yeah, i guess we can even say it's gone dormant at this point already

[drfiemost]

It has been deprecated in Gentoo in favor of building udev from systemd sources: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Udev
Same in LFS: https://linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/development/chapter08/udev.html

I'd say it's officially dead

[aanderse]

i hope more people will give the mdevd project the attention that it deserves - it is entirely viable as a replacement for (e)udev

i am running mdevd on my laptop with no loss in functionality from a full systemd+udev system, my home server, and even on a steam deck gaming device for my kids

[mid-kid]

I'm aware of a few distributions still using eudev: Alpine linux, Buildroot, Slackware, Void Linux.

There's very few distributions with a no-systemd option anymore, of which I only know Artix Linux, Gentoo and LFS that have switched to systemd-udev. I can't tell what Devuan and MX/AntiX are doing.

[AsciiWolf]

if a project is not in need of updates, it wont be updated.

What about the udev rules (and hwdb)? They are awfully outdated.

[ArsenArsen]

FWIW, now that systemd-udev seems to be entirely usable on non-systemd systems, eudev is simply a redundant downstream really. I'd recommend those distros to switch, too

[drfiemost]

If anything this project could sync with the systemd udev sources and add a sane build system, but someone should step up and do the hard work.
Else just add a note and/or archive the project for good so people would know.
Maybe @bbonev can shed some light on eudev's fate?