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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] OpenRC and Runit without SysVinit packages
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 09:55:46AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:44:14 -0400
> Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
>
>
> > And while we're at it, we want not to support systemd.
> > But living with inert systemd scripts is at least tolerable.
>
> Huh? U mean systemd unit files?


yes.

>
> > Ideally there should be some systematic solution for all of this,
> > leaving the choices to the sysadmin, but I don't see it as easy.
>
> I think the sysadmin choice, if he wants systemd, is to quit Devuan
> and go to Debian. If we try to support systemd just a little, we start
> down a path which will be difficult to travel and even more difficult
> to back out of.


Correct. We do not have the resources, and Debian, who might, isn't
interested.

It would be pleasant to quiet those who chant "Nyaa Nyaa Devuan isn't
really about choice", but it's not worth the price we'd have to pay.

-- hendrik