On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 04:07:01PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:49:35PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > > Just a guess: A rolling-release Devuan wouldn't be especially popular. > > Isn't Devuan testing a rolling release? >
No, it's not, and luckily so. There are already sans-systemd distro using a rolling-release scheme, and I can't see a single reason why Devuan should even consider going in that direction. If they are not enough, then anybody is free to start working on a new one. One of the characteristic strengths of Devuan is the fact that you know a stable branch won't fail you, and that a testing branch will be much more stable than most of the "stable" distros out there. You simply can't guarantee this level of stability with a rolling release. In many typical Devuan use cases (mission-critical services, for instance), you absolutely don't want the latest "upgrade" of a package, because you can't afford any random upgrade to break your system, even temporarily. In Devuan Jessie you have around 42.000 packages... I personally don't understand why humans have a natural tendency towards uniforming everything to the same level of grey (and that's a general thought, Hendrik, really not much related to your comment...). My2Cents KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - GLUGCT -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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