Hi Steve,

Steve Litt <slitt@???> writes:

> 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?

If put like that, I'd say ceres for development and testing of the
scripts + daedalus for testing scripts.

Once daedalus is released, switch that VM to excalibur.

Hope that helps,
--
Olaf Meeuwissen