Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-14 Thread Mike Tubby
On 30/12/2019 21:53, fsmithred via Dng wrote: On 12/29/19 10:46 PM, tom wrote: I know Devuan has been pretty much more or less 'to create a binary compatible Debian but without systemd', but at what point would it be determined that the best course of action may be to leave Debian behind and

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-14 Thread Mike Tubby
On 28/12/2019 15:26, Clarke Sideroad via Dng wrote: On 2019-12-28 5:03 a.m., Alexis PM via Dng wrote: My comments: A mediocre result, neither good nor bad. The best option for people who don't want to use systemd, Option 6 "E: Support for multiple init systems is Required", came in last.

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-02 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 14:38:53 -0800 spiralofhope wrote: > On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:46:12 -0500 > Steve Litt wrote: > > > What happens if Debian stops supporting sysvinit, or worse, installs > > Halloween Code to greatly complicate systemd replacement? > > I wasn't familiar with the term

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-02 Thread spiralofhope
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 13:46:12 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > What happens if Debian stops supporting sysvinit, or worse, installs > Halloween Code to greatly complicate systemd replacement? I wasn't familiar with the term "Halloween Code". Is this a reference to Microsoft's internal strategy

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-01 Thread Rod Rodolico
Switching base is not possible so long as people like me don't contribute to the development. So, it is not an option. Maybe when enough people jump in and start helping the current current developers it could be done. From my point of view, as a sysadmin, Jessie being 2 years late was no biggie,

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-01 Thread Alexis PM via Dng
>Many years ago, on this mailing list, one of the VUAs mentioned that >the long term plan was to leave Debian behind and become the Devuan >independent distro. I am sorry to burst the soap bubble, I want Devuan to persist and that requires a realistic analysis. Cleaning up systemd dependencies

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2020-01-01 Thread Tito via Dng
On 12/31/19 7:46 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:00:39 + (UTC) Alexis PM via Dng wrote: >Many years ago, on this mailing list, one of the VUAs mentioned that the long term plan was to leave Debian behind and become the Devuan independent distro. I am sorry to burst

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-31 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:00:39 + (UTC) Alexis PM via Dng wrote: > >Many years ago, on this mailing list, one of the VUAs mentioned that > >the long term plan was to leave Debian behind and become the Devuan > >independent distro. > > > I am sorry to burst the soap bubble, I want Devuan to

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-31 Thread Alexis PM via Dng
>Many years ago, on this mailing list, one of the VUAs mentioned that >the long term plan was to leave Debian behind and become the Devuan >independent distro. I am sorry to burst the soap bubble, I want Devuan to persist and that requires a realistic analysis. Cleaning up systemd dependencies

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-31 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 31/12/19 7:46 am, Steve Litt wrote: > I didn't hear anyone telling people what to do. I heard Tom ask a > question. Tom? I think you meant me ? Cheers A -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-30 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 12/29/19 10:46 PM, tom wrote: I know Devuan has been pretty much more or less 'to create a binary compatible Debian but without systemd', but at what point would it be determined that the best course of action may be to leave Debian behind and continue our own way? Probably won't happen any

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:10:46 +1100 terryc wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:11:16 +1100 > Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > Hi, > > > > On 28/12/19 9:03 pm, Alexis PM via Dng wrote: > > > A mediocre result, neither good nor bad.

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-30 Thread Andrew McGlashan via Dng
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 30/12/19 3:10 pm, terryc wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:11:16 +1100 Andrew McGlashan via Dng > wrote: In my experience, when people who do > not do the work start telling the people who do do the work, what > to do, many efforts disintigrate.

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-29 Thread terryc
On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:11:16 +1100 Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > On 28/12/19 9:03 pm, Alexis PM via Dng wrote: > > A mediocre result, neither good nor bad. The best option for people > > who don't want to use systemd, Option 6

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-29 Thread tom
On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:11:16 +1100 Andrew McGlashan via Dng wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi, > > On 28/12/19 9:03 pm, Alexis PM via Dng wrote: > > A mediocre result, neither good nor bad. The best option for people > > who don't want to use systemd, Option 6

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-28 Thread Clarke Sideroad via Dng
On 2019-12-28 5:03 a.m., Alexis PM via Dng wrote: My comments: A mediocre result, neither good nor bad. The best option for people who don't want to use systemd, Option 6 "E: Support for multiple init systems is Required", came in last. But Option 1 "F: Focus on systemd" came in second place,

Re: [DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-28 Thread Alexis PM via Dng
My comments: A mediocre result, neither good nor bad. The best option for people who don't want to use systemd, Option 6 "E: Support for multiple init systems is Required", came in last. But Option 1 "F: Focus on systemd" came in second place, if it had won it would have been a tragedy. We

[DNG] Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd'

2019-12-28 Thread Alexis PM via Dng
Result of the Debian vote 'General Resolution: Init systems and systemd' https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/vote_002 The voting period ended on Friday 2019-12-27 23:59:59 UTC Result https://vote.debian.org/~secretary/gr_initsystems/results.txt The winners are: Option 2 "B: Systemd but we