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Author: Hendrik Boom
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Debian dev takes a break from packaging systemd
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 12:42:15AM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> 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.


Even Poettering eventually says that the issue
requires more thought.

-- hendrik