On 12/31/19 7:46 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:00:39 +0000 (UTC)
> Alexis PM via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
>> >Many years ago, on this mailing list, one of the VUAs mentioned that
>>> the long term plan was to leave Debian behind and become the Devuan
>>> independent distro.
>>
>>
>> I am sorry to burst the soap bubble, I want Devuan to persist and
>> that requires a realistic analysis.
>
> Why apologize, and then do it anyway?
>
>> Cleaning up systemd dependencies
>> to Debian packaging is child's play compared to creating and
>> maintaining a large self-built distro in the long run.
>
> [snip several legitimate arguments supporting preceding sentence]
>
> A quick look indicates you've been on this list since December 2016.
> The Vua made this statement well prior to December 2016.
>
> Your arguments favoring perpetual tracking of Debian were all
> excellent. There's exactly one argument favoring an independent Devuan:
> What happens if Debian stops supporting sysvinit, or worse, installs
> Halloween Code to greatly complicate systemd replacement?

Hi
maybe we repackge sysvinit as systemd with a higher version number ?
So no cleanup needed.....

Ciao,
Tito


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