On 25-05-2021 17:22, g4sra via Dng wrote: > <--snip--> > >>> I sympathise, but am not sure this would (currently) be the best use of >>> resources. >>> There is an ever growing list of packaged applications that do not function >>> without SystemD. >>> If every one were identified, then removal of all from the repos may be >>> justified. >>> Who is going to volunteer to be the Devuan developer that continuously >>> performs this duty ? >>> I see this as being the work for a downstream distribution, to take the >>> freedom that Devuan provides and tailor it (reducing choice) for a specific >>> target use. >> There should be soe way of warning potential users once it has been >> discovered that a package is useless. We're wasting their time >> otherwise. > Are you volunteering to collate and maintain a list of SystemD dependant > application packages ? > If so, I am sure some Users would be grateful and Devuan could add it > alongside the release notes. > > Devuan is not a distribution for 'newbie's, there is a benefit from not > stripping them out. Anyone who is really passionate about a particular broken > package will either attempt a fix and submit a patch upstream or pay someone > else to do so. > Maintaining such list is not feasible for one person. Personally I was thinking of a wiki page with packages broken by systemd with version number and date.
Grtz. Nick
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