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Autor: Steve Litt
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Temat: Re: [DNG] Correct version to work with and test runit run scripts?
Olaf Meeuwissen via Dng said on Mon, 07 Aug 2023 19:55:09 +0900

>Hi,
>
>aitor <aitor_czr@???> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 7/8/23 10:05, Steve Litt wrote:
>>
>> A few days ago I downloaded
>> devuan_chimaera_4.0.0_amd64_netinstall.iso to find all existing
>> runit run scripts and test my new run scripts. Have I downloaded the
>> correct version?
>>
>> Devuan chimaera gets the packages pulled from debian bullseye,
>> but runit-services exists as from debian bookworm:
>> https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/runit-services
>> So, it would be more advisable to download devuan daedalus instead.
>
>Considering the normal flow fixes (and features) enter the
>distribution, be that Devuan or Debian, is via unstable (ceres/sid)
>and, if no serious bugs are reported, they automatically enter testing
>(daedalus/trixie). As soon as daedalus is release (not too far into
>the future) Devuan's testing becomes excalibur.
>
>Fixes may enter stable (chimaera/bookworm or daedalus/bookworm) via a
>point release but that is unlikely. An alternative is via backports.
>
>Given that, it might be a better idea to develop against (a frequently
>updated) unstable. If that's not feasible, I guess (an occasionally
>updated) testing is your next best bet.
>
>Hope this helps,


It does, but in your opinion, for the purpose of my runit run script
work, should my VM guest be chimaera, daedalus, or something else?

Thanks,
SteveT

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