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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Request for Removal of slim package from Devuan
On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 04:53:15PM +0200, Irrwahn wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2016 16:08:51 +0200, Irrwahn Grausewitz wrote:
> > I just filed an issue against the Devuan slim package,
> > requesting its removal from future Devuan releases.
>
> Just to prevent possible misunderstandings, some
> clarification re my stance on that:
>
> I would never object to Devuan becoming the new upstream
> for SLiM! IMO it would be nice to have a lightweight
> graphical login manger available, especially for low
> end hardware.


It would be fun for Devuan to become the upstream source for a Debian package.

-- hendrik

>
> However, until somebody steps up and fixes the obvious
> errors I propose to let it reside solely in unstable.
> *If* it gets eventually fixed, it can go down the
> designated path of being allowed to enter testing, and
> eventually stable, once testing becomes the new stable.
>
> BTW, fun fact, these are the versions of slim currently
> in the Devuan repos:
>
> testing:          1.3.6-5+devuan1
> stable, unstable: 1.3.6-5+devuan3

>
> Anybody else notice something odd? }:-P
>
> Regards
> Urban
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