On July 19, 2015 6:52:28 PM CEST, "T.J. Duchene" <t.j.duchene@???> wrote:
>Hi, everyone! =)
>
>With all this discussion about changes, I'd like to make sure that the
>UNIX guru/programmer is represented. I've mentioned this before, and I
>hate repetition - BUT - I feel it is important enough that it should be
>stated separately so that it is not overlooked. All this discussion
>about replacing defaults concerns me that someone might inadvertently
>break some standards that they are unfamiliar with. Yes, before anyone
>says anything, I already know that Linux does not entirely comply with
>POSIX standards, and deliberately breaks it in places.
>
>I just do not want to see any "Linuxisms" and breakage compounded
>further. Systemd everywhere is bad enough. When I say that, I am not
>saying that Systemd breaks POSIX. It technically doesn't. It does,
>however, break scripts on occasion; in spite of arguments by the
>systemd developers that does not. I'm hoping that Devuan does not make
>similar mistakes while moving in a different direction.
>
>I do not think anyone cares WHAT the default changed to is as long as
>Devuan has vi and other "old school" tools installed by default to
>comply with the POSIX standard.
>
>Thanks and have a wonderful day!
>
>T.J.
>
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All changes are evaluated only if they will make devuan equally or more posix/unix compliant, not less.

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