my bad, I responded to wrong message and it took off before I could stop it...
sorry about that. On 09/17/2017 09:08 PM, zap wrote: > On 09/17/2017 04:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 05:27:19 +0100 >> KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> I agree 100%. > I have revised my thoughts slightly, maybe everything but stable > whenever I decide to... >>> 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, >> I agree wholeheartedly. > Yep I am not denying that. >>> 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. >> This is true, as I've found in Void Linux, which is the most reliable >> rolling release I've ever tried. Don't get me started on Arch and >> Manjaro. > Arch is the worst sadly... > I bet it would work better with a debian based stability though... > merely because installing arch is where I seem to find my problems... >>> 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. >> Yes. Why is that so hard to understand? >> >> There are some cases when it's easiest and perhaps best to trust that >> the latest update will always work. But in other situations, you >> prioritize stability, and that's the space Devuan fills. > I haven't replied for a while. but yeah your probably right. Devuan is > better as is. I would definitely though that being said, hope to make a > not pure rolling release, but one with a stability in the middle of > stable and testing, and then one for unstable and experimental... > But I will most likely stop replying for a while since this thread seems > to get clogged. > >> SteveT >> >> Steve Litt >> September 2017 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical >> Troubleshooting Brand new, second edition >> http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr >> _______________________________________________ >> Dng mailing list >> Dng@lists.dyne.org >> https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
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