:: Re: [DNG] Our friendly community
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Auteur: Steve Litt
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À: dng
Sujet: Re: [DNG] Our friendly community
On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:37:56 +0300
Mitt Green <mitt_green@???> wrote:

> KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:
>
> >Sure, but you would agree that rebuilding an increasing number of
> >infected packages in Devuan from upstream would mean a great deal of
> >unnecessary work...
>
>
> It may be unnecessary, that's why I see a couple of ways to solve it:
>
> 1) Contacting maintainers directly. This can be unfortunate
> considering responses from the community but at the end of the day
> I hope that there are some fellows that are more open to this.
>
> 2) If #1 fails, cutting Devuan to stable only, which means much less
> work, but also admittedly means lowering the potential user base. Many
> desktop users like myself prefer newer packages and sometimes it is
> crucial to be cutting edge. For example, if one needs latest GTK but
> there is only a version that is two versions behind.


I wouldn't worry too much about any of this, because if we don't hurry
up and put out a production Devuan, the future will be a moot point.

SteveT

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