On Tue, 05 May 2015 17:34:19 -0400 Miles Fidelman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nicely put. But do you draw any implication from that vis-a-vis > supporting systemd in Devuan? (I certainly do :-) > > Cheers, > > Miles *I* certainly do. Why in the world would we make Devuan development and packaging one bit harder by supporting systemd? Why would we increase, by even 1/1000, the chance that systemd could "sneak path" onto our Devuan computers, knowing the immensity of the removal task? Why are we even talking about this? Who would possibly benefit from a systemd-optionally-enabled Devuan? A person who wants Devuan with systemd? No, they use Debian. Or Redhat. Or SuSE. Or 100 other distros. A person with that one must-have app that requires systemd? No. He/she would use that app in a VM or container to prevent systemd infection of the host OS. A person who wants to use Gnome? Well, maybe, but please remember, the people who made Gnome/Devuan an either/or choice was the Gnome project, not Devuan. Gnome could have been created to run well without systemd, but that's not their style. Incorporating Gnome would decrease, not increase, Devuan's init freedom. Nobody, on this list or anywhere else, benefits from putting systemd or systemd hooks into Devuan. Why are we discussing a principle that cannot provide benefit, when there is so much else to discuss? SteveT Steve Litt May 2015 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
