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Author: Alessandro Selli
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Debian dev takes a break from packaging systemd
On 22/01/19 at 00:08, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote:
> https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/01/21/042251
>
> “Michael Biebl, long-time maintainer of systemd for Debian (2010 or
> earlier, based on changelog.Debian.gz), is taking undetermined
> holidays from packaging it.”
>
> “Will stop maintaining systemd in debian for a while.
>
> What's going on is just too stupid/crazy.”
>


This takes place after he discussed a bug
<https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/11436#issuecomment-454535318>
in which he expected systemd to respect local settings, and not rename
network devices:

>         @yuwata a default policy like
>         /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link should never trump
>         explicit user configuration.

>


Later he seems surprised about how things roll there:

>         I'm amazed that I have to point this out....

>



  Yes, it's amazing.

  Even more amazing is that such a software was almost universally
adopted as a key piece of the OS.


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