On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:22:20 +0000 (GMT), Kevin wrote in message
<91686d6f-8f45-4924-95f0-93ecfd37c6d6@???>:

> 17 Nov 2025 00:16:18 kc-devuan@???:
>
> > Of course I doubt slackware will ever do a usr merge.
>
> I'm considering switching to Slackware 15. Thoughts such as on the
> init system it uses?


..welcome onboard. Me, I'd like to see Devuan ditch Debian as
upstream for anything statically compiled that belongs in /bin,
/sbin, /etc, /lib and /boot, going with Slackware as upstream
for anything needed for booting, mantenance etc admin/root tasks.

..anything used by /home/* users can probably carry on using
Debian as upstream provided their PATH drops /bin and becomes
e.g. PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games.

..I see no valid reason any of the /home/* user needs any of
the /bin, /sbin etc root's admin programs, if they need root
access for anything, they should start with 'sudo su - ' or
'ssh root@??? ' or login as root.

..this means we can limit our efforts to using e.g. alien to
convert Slackware admin etc packages to devuan .deb packages
for anything statically compiled that belongs in /bin, /sbin,
/etc, /lib and /boot, going with Slackware as upstream for
anything needed for booting, mantenance etc admin/root tasks.


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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
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