Boian Bonev:
> On Sun, 2023-01-15 at 15:18 +0100, karl@??? wrote:
...
> > The only way to keep the non-merged /usr in devuan is to:
> >
> > a, handle it yourself privately
>
> I see no practical way of that to be possible.

I just use busybox init and write my own rcS boot script with things
I know work without /usr.

> > b, recruit enought maintainers to maintain the packages within devuan
> >
> > If any of you are not willing to become maintainers, then this
> > discussion is moot.
...
> Maintaining a package means long term commitment - fixing bugs and stuff. IMO a
> single maintainer doing 200 packages with properly spread complexity is a full
> time job.
...

If what you write is correct, then maintaining one package is generally
about 40h/200 = 12min work per week, seems managable.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar