I just saw this "Ubuntu Snappy" news today... And immediately I remembered about this thread...
"Build system smart / Packaging dumb" http://blog.liw.fi/posts/debian-developing-it-wrong/ Do we talked about this: www.ubuntu.com/snappy https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/tutorials/build-snaps/ https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/guides/packaging-format-apps/ Or, at least, something like this? On 1 January 2015 at 22:31, Clarke Sideroad <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/01/15 15:37, [email protected] wrote: > > I just wanted to post this for consideration. I’m not looking to rehash > old posts, but Devuan is at the moment finding its legs. I feel that > this is a valid concern that may arise in Devuan’s future. I think it > should be discussed openly. > > > http://threatpost.com/debian-announces-end-of-security-support-for-iceape/103203 > > Assuming that we follow upstream Debian “en masse”, do we have the > resources to for vetting every upstream package that Debian provides or are > we going to simply take them on faith and try to keep sync with Debian’s > patches? > > I’ve often advocated the idea that Devuan should focus on a “core” and > leave the rest of Debian to interested parties willing to maintain it. > Regardless of the outcome of that discussion, the update and security model > should be visited at some point. > > > I see your point with the need to prioritize core items, in fact on a > rather larger, more established scale that is what Debian is doing in this > case. > > I don't think Devuan should fork any more than has to be forked to remain > systemd free for now or into the immediate (Stretch/sid) future. > If at some point that requires support or replacement of software > abandoned by Debian, that is what it will take. > > Most of us were happy to accept the wisdom of Debian or work around it as > benefactors/users for a number of years, to me Devuan is pretty much an > ultimate extension of that now that something is poettentially rotting the > heart of the Debian distro. > > I guess what I'm trying to say is things get worked around and that is > what I feel is happening at the heart of Devuan development even if this > mailing list reflects a larger more abstract vision. > > Maybe in the future Devuan will eat Debian or the other way around, who > knows. > > Talking of work arounds, if I was faced with a single soul who needed > IceApe on a machine, I would give them the still updated SeaMonkey, stuffed > in their userspace. > > One thing is for sure, this is all being well documented so future > generations can look upon these happenings and see a ground breaking rift > created to maintain the flexibility of the GNU/Linux operating system. I'm > thinking that, rather than the parallel of a bunch of old Netscape > Navigator users worrying about their rebadged, handy, meta-package. > History is live streamed these days, so time will tell. > > Don't take the above analysis too seriously and stick in smiley's (-: as > may seem appropriate. > > -- > Clarke > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >
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