On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 3:50 PM Bob Proulx via Dng <dng@???>
wrote:

> Peter Duffy wrote:
> > I've recently been asked to recommend an upgrade route for a number of
> > linux servers, and I proposed going to devuan. In response, I've had a
> > concern raised which took me by surprise. It was suggested that in the
> > future, it may not be possible to find staff who have the skills to
> > administer and manage servers running non-systemd or pre-systemd
> > distros/releases.
>
> That's actually a concern that I think is valid. Sad. But valid.
> However it depends upon the scale of the timeline.
>
> You are working with them right now. Are you expecting to do so over
>
> snip

> Most of us here though are more likely to be the people who do not see
> the defaults as hard limitations. We will open things up. We void
> warranties. We make modifications. We would rather be pilots than
> passengers.
>
> IMO a fairly cogent response.

< rant on
I'm here not so much because I want to be a pilot but because I want to
build the bloody plane (I'm a doer/tinkerer/fabricator and they're taking
my ability to do what I need to do away from me.
rant off>