Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:04:40 -0400 zap wrote: > On 09/14/2017 11:11 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:33:06 -0500 > > goli...@dyne.org wrote: > > > >> On 2017-09-11 11:45, zap wrote: > >> > It would have only these things different: > > it

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On 09/14/2017 11:11 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:33:06 -0500 > goli...@dyne.org wrote: > >> On 2017-09-11 11:45, zap wrote: >> It would have only these things different: it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka pure rolling

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:33:06 -0500 goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2017-09-11 11:45, zap wrote: > > >> It would have only these things different: > >> > >> it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, > >> aka pure rolling release, > >> > > That would count me (and many

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 20:58:47 -0400 zap wrote: > > You are very good at suggesting work for other people to do.  IMO, > > it makes no sense to further fragment the landscape but if that's > > what floats your boat, go for it.  If you want a fork, just do it - > > don't make

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On 09/11/2017 08:58 PM, zap wrote: > > Oh and ps, golinux whats your thoughts on changing from a debian fork to > a independent distro? > > for devuan I mean... > > You would have less systemd issues I am sure. right? > > Again, remember this is not your problem. IT is only a suggestion. > >

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On 2017-09-11 11:45, zap wrote: It would have only these things different: it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka pure rolling release, That would count me (and many others) out right there. it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

> You are very good at suggesting work for other people to do.  IMO, it > makes no sense to further fragment the landscape but if that's what > floats your boat, go for it.  If you want a fork, just do it - don't > make it our problem - and drop a note here when it's ready. > > golinux > Oh

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

>> > > You are very good at suggesting work for other people to do.  IMO, it > makes no sense to further fragment the landscape but if that's what > floats your boat, go for it.  If you want a fork, just do it - don't > make it our problem - and drop a note here when it's ready. > Yes I knew

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 09:55:27PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > zap - 11.09.17, 12:45: > > it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the kernel, > > Why fork a complete distro just to provide a different kernel? > > I see no reason, why a linux-libre based kernel package

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On 2017-09-11 15:05, zap wrote: Oh there is one other reason, besides, a free software, and rolling release, now that I think about it, I also wanted it to START OUT AS A FORK... but eventually become an independent distro apart from debian and devuan that way keeping systemd and other

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

> Why fork a complete distro just to provide a different kernel? > > I see no reason, why a linux-libre based kernel package can´t be added to > Devuan if someone, you?, is willing to create and maintain it. > > Thanks, Oh there is one other reason, besides, a free software, and rolling release,

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

zap - 11.09.17, 12:45: > It would have only these things different: > > it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka > pure rolling release, > > it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the kernel, > > otherwise it would follow every other devuan

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

> If you need technical skills, supporting Devuan is a good way to learn them. > Choose a simple issue from bugs.devuan.org, and submit a PR that fixes it. > That will teach you how to build packages, and you’ll get good feedback from > the core team on the “Devuan way” that you want to

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

> On Sep 11, 2017, at 12:45 PM, zap wrote: > I am throwing this out there as an idea just in case someone has > interest, otherwise I may somewhere down the road consider doing this > myself when I actually get enough tech skills for such a thing or > something... If you

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 12:45:34PM -0400, zap wrote: > It would have only these things different: > > it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka > pure rolling release, > > it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the kernel,  > > otherwise it would

Re: [DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

> On Sep 11, 2017, at 12:45 PM, zap wrote: > > It would have only these things different: > > it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka > pure rolling release, > > it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the kernel, > >

[DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

It would have only these things different: it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka pure rolling release, it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the kernel,  otherwise it would follow every other devuan guideline... and/or way of thinking. I am

[DNG] I had an idea, for a devuan fork, and other stuff

It would have only these things different: it would only be based off of unstable and experimental version, aka pure rolling release, it would be completely free software and use linux libre as the kernel,  otherwise it would follow every other devuan guideline... and/or way of thinking. I am