On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:03:30 +0100
KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

> 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.

Nice!

SteveT

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