On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:57:37 +0200, Didier wrote in message <848f652f-8b44-800f-88c1-da35cb086...@in2p3.fr>:
> Le 20/09/2017 à 20:07, Steve Litt a écrit : > > On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:31:38 -0400 > > John Franklin <frank...@tux.org> wrote: > > > > > >> That said, there are plenty who either like it or at least have > >> gotten used to it. If we could get Gnome working here, it would > >> attract more users to Devuan. > > Serious question: Do we want that kind of user? Somebody who knows > > enough to discern a difference between Gnome and Xfce, but doesn't > > understand how interchangeable WMDEs are, nor how much work it would > > take Devuan to keep on undoing all the systemd dependencies Gnome > > will doubtlessly keep sewing into Gnome? > > > > You can't please all the people all the time, and prioritization of > > resources means some are simply going to choose other distros. > > > In other words, should Devuan try to seduce those people who > just look for a gratuitous Windows? This is typically what Gnome is > doing. ..it more like they have (successfully) seduced developers into wasting their time on less than worthwhile code to help the guy who started GNOME.ORG "earn a job at Microsoft", _somehow_. .."yes, Qt licensing sucked, yes, sysv is old and sucks, but you say the fix is Gnome and systemd???????????????????" ;oD -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng