On Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:37:56 +0300 Mitt Green <[email protected]> wrote:
> KatolaZ <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Sure, but you would agree that rebuilding an increasing number of > >infected packages in Devuan from upstream would mean a great deal of > >unnecessary work... > > > It may be unnecessary, that's why I see a couple of ways to solve it: > > 1) Contacting maintainers directly. This can be unfortunate > considering responses from the community but at the end of the day > I hope that there are some fellows that are more open to this. > > 2) If #1 fails, cutting Devuan to stable only, which means much less > work, but also admittedly means lowering the potential user base. Many > desktop users like myself prefer newer packages and sometimes it is > crucial to be cutting edge. For example, if one needs latest GTK but > there is only a version that is two versions behind. I wouldn't worry too much about any of this, because if we don't hurry up and put out a production Devuan, the future will be a moot point. SteveT Steve Litt November 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
