On 25-05-2021 17:22, g4sra via Dng wrote:
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>>> I sympathise, but am not sure this would (currently) be the best use of resources.
>>> There is an ever growing list of packaged applications that do not function without SystemD.
>>> If every one were identified, then removal of all from the repos may be justified.
>>> Who is going to volunteer to be the Devuan developer that continuously performs this duty ?
>>> I see this as being the work for a downstream distribution, to take the freedom that Devuan provides and tailor it (reducing choice) for a specific target use.
>> There should be soe way of warning potential users once it has been
>> discovered that a package is useless. We're wasting their time
>> otherwise.
> Are you volunteering to collate and maintain a list of SystemD dependant application packages ?
> If so, I am sure some Users would be grateful and Devuan could add it alongside the release notes.
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> Devuan is not a distribution for 'newbie's, there is a benefit from not stripping them out. Anyone who is really passionate about a particular broken package will either attempt a fix and submit a patch upstream or pay someone else to do so.
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Maintaining such list is not feasible for one person. Personally I was
thinking of a wiki page with packages broken by systemd with version
number and date.

Grtz.

Nick