On Mon, 4/18/16, Didier Kryn <kryn@???> wrote:
Subject: Re: [DNG] What do we want for ascii ?
To: dng@???
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016, 9:31 AM
Le 18/04/2016 12:13, Noel Torres a écrit :
> >My Excel macros are a bit slow today (Yes, I said Excel, I use that at
>> work) so I started wondering...
>>
>> What do we (the DNG people) want for ascii ?
>>
>> My list starts as this:
>> * full init freedom, that is, all init methods being equally supported
>> (sysv, upstart, systemd) and nothing depending on any of them.
>> * our own bug reporting system
>> * a method for dividing Devuan in "cases" or "eggs" that do not
>> interfere with each other. E.g. the KDE egg, the LibreOffice egg, the
>> multimedia egg... maybe tasks with steroids?
>> * a rock-solid server platform for all architectures
>> * a sufficiently solid desktop and laptop platform for most usual
>> architectures
>> * Long Term Support for server whit a method for fast updating certain
>> packages (like virus lists)
>>
>> What do YOU want for ascii ?
>>
>> Regards
> All of this seems very attractive. At the moment I just see one
> point which is still a nightmare and is not in your list: the sound system.
>
> Could it be possible to work out a setup of the sound system simple
> enough for the random admin to understand how it works and make
> educated choices? Eg some set up which would not use Pulse, except for
> those apps which exclusively want it, like Skype.
>
> Do you seriously consider it possible to keep systemd in one of
> these eggs?
>
> Any news of s6? I'm afraid Laurent has leaved the list, either
> because he didn't like our disussions or because he was upset by his
> emails from dynamic address being rejected.
>
> Cheers.
> Didier
>
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This is putting the cart before the horse IMO. It would be nice to get the beta out the door before focusing on ascii. Any chance some of that energy could be directed towards the beta release?
golinux
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