Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-18 Thread David Wright
On Mon 03 Jun 2019 at 21:07:51 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > Unfortuanately, as all those ancillary components are not > independent but interrelated, you're going to get unexpected > systemd "gotchas" just as I did with wicd. I solved it by picking > another wifi manager which really has no

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-18 Thread David Wright
On Sun 02 Jun 2019 at 22:23:25 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 00:29:30 -0500 David Wright > wrote: > > On Wed 29 May 2019 at 11:01:58 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > Is Debian slowly becoming systemd proprietary? It would be a great > > > loss to Linux and its

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 04:21:18 -0400 Kenneth Parker wrote: > I wish to add one thing to this Discussion. Mention was made, more than > once, that wicd "might" require Systemd. It's not wicd that has the systemd dependency, it's one or a few wicd Recommends that do. Block those from installing and

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 09:43:36 +0200 didier gaumet wrote: > Le 03/06/2019 à 07:23, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > [...] > > The install includes lots of choices [...] So, why not > > init? > > I think a Debian maintainer had answered in the past something like > while not using systemd himself, he

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 10:17:00AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > > Now, open your eyes. The real goal of these zealots [...] > Thanks for announcing that people who care what init system they > are running are zealots [...] Folks. Can we just get along? To the one

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 09:11:37AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > Almost nobody cares about init systems. > > > > > > Yes, you and your 3 friends care DEEPLY and PASSIONATELY about this. I > > > get that. But there's only 4 of you, not 4000. > >

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 09:11:37AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Almost nobody cares about init systems. > > > > Yes, you and your 3 friends care DEEPLY and PASSIONATELY about this. I > > get that. But there's only 4 of you, not 4000. > > Greg -- > > is that the sort of

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Dan Ritter
Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Jun 02, 2019 at 10:23:25PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > The install includes lots of choices like print server, server or > > desktop system, GUI, laptop utilities, etc. that are "bloat-worthy" and > > can be installed after the main install has completed. I

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jun 02, 2019 at 10:23:25PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > The install includes lots of choices like print server, server or > desktop system, GUI, laptop utilities, etc. that are "bloat-worthy" and > can be installed after the main install has completed. I know. I used > to do it back in

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Dan Ritter
didier gaumet wrote: > Le 03/06/2019 à 07:23, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > [...] > > The install includes lots of choices [...] So, why not > > init? > > I think a Debian maintainer had answered in the past something like > while not using systemd himself, he admitted the perceived percentage of >

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread Kenneth Parker
I wish to add one thing to this Discussion. Mention was made, more than once, that wicd "might" require Systemd. Besides using Debian Stretch on one system (where I am happily learning Systemd), I use Devuan Ascii (on an older machine with limited ram). This is "official notification" that wicd

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-03 Thread didier gaumet
Le 03/06/2019 à 07:23, Patrick Bartek a écrit : [...] > The install includes lots of choices [...] So, why not > init? I think a Debian maintainer had answered in the past something like while not using systemd himself, he admitted the perceived percentage of Debian anti-systemd users was not so

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-02 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 00:29:30 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Wed 29 May 2019 at 11:01:58 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Is Debian slowly becoming systemd proprietary? It would be a great > > loss to Linux and its philosophy if true. But that looks to be the > > direction Debian is headed.

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-01 Thread David Wright
On Wed 29 May 2019 at 11:01:58 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote: > Is Debian slowly becoming systemd proprietary? It would be a great > loss to Linux and its philosophy if true. But that looks to be the > direction Debian is headed. > > Once I suggested on this list when systemd first debuted

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-01 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 14:30:38 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2019-05-29 20:47:06 +0300, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 05:39:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > On 2019-05-28 11:18:39 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Tue, 28 May 2019 20:39:53 +0300 > >

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-06-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2019-05-29 20:47:06 +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 05:39:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2019-05-28 11:18:39 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 May 2019 20:39:53 +0300 > > > Reco wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:49:45AM -0700,

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-29 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 May 2019 12:28:49 -0400 (EDT) bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <20190528071022.45725f73@debian9> > > ah... sorry, here's the culprit, hard depend on systemd > > dbus-user-session > It doesn't even have to be hard. Any association no matter how soft or distant an app has with GNOME or any

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-29 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 05:39:05PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2019-05-28 11:18:39 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 28 May 2019 20:39:53 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:49:45AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Tue, 28 May 2019

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-29 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2019-05-28 11:18:39 -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2019 20:39:53 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:49:45AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Tue, 28 May 2019 18:56:44 +0300 > > > Reco wrote: > > > apt/apt-get already by default set NOT to install

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-29 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 06:03:39PM -0400, bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <20190528202437.ro7qososkbvmd...@randomstring.org> > > >bw wrote: [ Dan Ritter ] > >Debian is not supposed to be a highly opinionated distribution, unless > >the opinion is "there should be lots of options". Claiming that "once

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Dan Ritter
bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <20190528110506.12328afe@debian9> > > Patrick Bartek > ... > >> It's a good topic, if you think this is a bug, please report it. > > > >I don't think it's a bug. Just a dependency issue caused by the way > >systemd is designed. > > I hear what you are saying, and it

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 May 2019 20:39:53 +0300 Reco wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:49:45AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 28 May 2019 18:56:44 +0300 > > Reco wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 07:10:22AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > On Mon, 27 May 2019

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 May 2019 12:19:22 -0400 (EDT) bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <20190528071022.45725f73@debian9> > > > Patrick Bartek > >On Mon, 27 May 2019 21:00:36 -0400 (EDT) > >bw wrote: > > > >> In-Reply-To: <[] 20190527163821.6e4b5d95@debian9> > >> > >> ... > >> >Based on my past

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Reco
On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 09:49:45AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 28 May 2019 18:56:44 +0300 > Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 07:10:22AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 May 2019 21:00:36 -0400 (EDT) > > > bw wrote: > > > > > > > In-Reply-To:

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 28 May 2019 18:56:44 +0300 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 07:10:22AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 27 May 2019 21:00:36 -0400 (EDT) > > bw wrote: > > > > > In-Reply-To: <20190527163821.6e4b5d95@debian9> > > > > > > ... > > > >Based on my past

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 07:10:22AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 27 May 2019 21:00:36 -0400 (EDT) > bw wrote: > > > In-Reply-To: <20190527163821.6e4b5d95@debian9> > > > > ... > > >Based on my past experiences and research with systemd, I now > > >always have do simulated

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 27 May 2019 21:00:36 -0400 (EDT) bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <20190527163821.6e4b5d95@debian9> > > ... > >Based on my past experiences and research with systemd, I now > >always have do simulated installs with everything just to be sure > >nothing untoward happens. The Subject Title was

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-28 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting arne (2019-05-28 04:37:46) > On Mon, 27 May 2019 09:29:46 +0200 > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > Quoting Patrick Bartek (2019-05-27 03:49:06) > > > Needing to convert this box from wired ethernet to wireless, I > > > searched for a suitable network manager and wicd looked good: No > > >

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-27 Thread arne
On Mon, 27 May 2019 09:29:46 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Patrick Bartek (2019-05-27 03:49:06) > > Needing to convert this box from wired ethernet to wireless, I > > searched for a suitable network manager and wicd looked good: No > > desktop environment dependencies (I use a window

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 27 May 2019 13:00:37 -0400 (EDT) bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <20190527090258.213ecf5a@debian9> > > >From: Patrick Bartek > >My post WAS initially a report of anamolous behavior during > >an install. I had read of other systemd quirks. (If no one knows, how > >can it be fixed?) The last

Re: lightweight wifi UI

2019-05-27 Thread Mart van de Wege
bw writes: > In-Reply-To: <20190527090258.213ecf5a@debian9> > >>From: Patrick Bartek >>My post WAS initially a report of anamolous behavior during >>an install. I had read of other systemd quirks. (If no one knows, how >>can it be fixed?) The last paragraph asking for network manager

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-27 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 27 May 2019 09:29:46 +0200 Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Patrick Bartek (2019-05-27 03:49:06) > > Needing to convert this box from wired ethernet to wireless, I > > searched for a suitable network manager and wicd looked good: No > > desktop environment dependencies (I use a window

Re: lightweight wifi UI (Was: Insidious systemd)

2019-05-27 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Patrick Bartek (2019-05-27 03:49:06) > Needing to convert this box from wired ethernet to wireless, I > searched for a suitable network manager and wicd looked good: No > desktop environment dependencies (I use a window manager Openbox and > single lxpanel), compatibility with Openbox,