-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Litt [mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 9:52 AM
To: dng@???
Subject: [Dng] Devuan foundational philosophy: was greets


Hi KatolaZ,

Naturally, my crystal ball is no better than anybody else's, but my
prediction is that as time goes on, Devuan's intention will become a more
generalized superset of init freedom. I'm predicting that in the long run,
it will become DIY freedom, with emphasis on small, standard parts with
known, thin interfaces.

Of course, systemd was the most glaring and urgent threat to DIY freedom, so
we need to purge that silliness immediately, but I think we'll eventually go
farther. As a matter of fact, my understanding is our default DE will be
Xfce, not Gnome: A fact that will doubtlessly cause hand-wringing amongst
those believing in the tightly-glued, unified system.

SteveT

Hey Steve!

In the same vein as your message, I would like to offer a more specific
suggestion. One of the biggest problems with Linux in general is that it
is like hitting target. That is why LTS versions, and Linus' stance on
kernel compatibility are so important. They provide a more stable ABI/API
for development and servers. If Devuan could commit itself to enforcing a
specific version of APIs with each release, I could see Devuan being hailed
for stability and standardization.

Granted, for the most part, that is what LTS versions already are doing
anyway, but frankly Linux documentation sucks. If it was well documented
and advertised as a feature, that Devuan promised to support said API's for
this release, I think that would go a good distance to building confidence
in Devuan, especially for servers and developers.


t.j.