On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:57:23PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> On 16/11/18 at 11:43, KatolaZ wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19:30AM +0000, Rowland Penny wrote:
> >
> > [cut]
> >
> >> So, after reading Steve's enlightening description, I am with him, the
> >> merge is only needed by systemd and seems to be a way of forcing it on
> >> everybody, so I am against it.
> >>
> > It would be actually more productive to base this discussion on solid
> > technical arguments.
>
>
>   I am one of those who can't do without initramfs because I mostly run
> GNU/Linux on laptops and for obvious security reasons they all run on
> fully encrypted filesystems, / included.
>

merged usr will be off by default in Devuan Beowulf, with the option
of opting in in expert install, or by installing the usrmerge package
provided in Debian.

This shoud cover all the use cases and leave enough flexibility for
the sysadmin to choose what is best for them.

KISS

KatolaZ

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