On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 21:29:01 +0100 Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org> wrote: > Control: tag -1 + confirmed > > Hi, > > OmegaPhil wrote: [...] > > For reference currently the recommended Devuan repo has no Origin > > specified (it used to), > > That's a really bad decision. Why have they done it? They don't gain > anything from it except breaking their infrastructure and annoying > their users. > > > but talking on IRC it sounds like they will fix this if aptitude is > > changed to allow non-Debian repos as a valid source.
For the record, I believe that this is a slight misunderstanding or at the very least an exaggeration based solely on one hasty reply by a single developer. > Huh? That sounds a lot like extortion. If it was meant like that, they > won't get any farther — neither here nor anywhere else. See above. Please, do not read too much into it! Best regards Irrwahn -- Sapere aude!
