Found via a discussion by the Debian/kfreeBSD list:

http://blog.steve.org.uk/how_could_you_rationally_fork_debian_.html

[Note: I thought I'd posted this to the Devuan Wiki - but it seems to
have not shown up, or been deleted. That's not a good sign....]

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra