Hendrik Boom wrote: >Once the Debian installer starts setting a lot of stuff up for the >benefit of systemd, we're going to have to have a fork. At that point, >the only question is whether we want to marginalize the potential user >base. I think that would be still a bad idea.
Indeed most Debian-derived distros have replaced the installer in an effort to make the user's first experience seem "friendly" or to support specific features such as Debian-Edu's school network. Debian's prior text-only installer was an easy target for scorn, but that same minimal design could be implemented and maintained on an amazing variety of architectures. The current graphic installer potentially supports the majority of the world's written languages, limited mostly by volunteer translators, advancing the goal of being the Universal Operating System. Once Devuan has a more robust infrastructure it can examine ways to improve life for every user, not just the majority. (This "needs of the few" conflict appeared to be the cause of a lot of friction on debian-boot when I still followed installer development there.) For the current issue, if an option early in the install process[1] could redirect logging output to a different virtual console without breaking expectations of other users[2], and such a solution would be easy to maintain during the timeframe it is needed, then of course Devuan should encourage this freedom of choice. --Don [1] By command line, menu item, interpretive dance, or any other means of human-machine communication the creative programmer may devise. [2] As examples, options for visually impaired users or SSL-connected terminals come to mind. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
