Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Chris Brannon
John Regan writes: > It's not quite the same, but I think Alpine linux is pretty close to > what you're looking for. They'd probably love to get more people > involved, writing documentation, making packages, etc. Yes, I'm familiar with Alpine. It's a great distro in the minimalist spirit. I u

Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Eugène Ngontang
Hi, I was wondering if we're still in the perpetrator maling lits :D cause I didn't use to use s6 tools, but yes Chris I'm motivated to work in such project with you. Let me know how to get contact with you and participate to the project Look forward to reading from you. Best regards, Eugène NG

Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Avery Payne
On 4/19/2015 7:03 AM, John Regan wrote: It's not quite the same, but I think Alpine linux is pretty close to what you're looking for. They'd probably love to get more people involved, writing documentation, making packages, etc. It doesn't use s6, but I've submitted the s6 packages to the proj

Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Dreamcat4
On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 3:17 PM, Laurent Bercot wrote: > > If I ever have to install a distribution again, I'll probably go > with Alpine, unless something even better comes along. I also would use Alpine, except they just don't comprehensively support all up-to-date packages. ATM, no other lin

Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 19/04/2015 16:03, John Regan wrote: It's not quite the same, but I think Alpine linux is pretty close to what you're looking for. They'd probably love to get more people involved, writing documentation, making packages, etc. It doesn't use s6, but I've submitted the s6 packages to the project.

Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread John Regan
It's not quite the same, but I think Alpine linux is pretty close to what you're looking for. They'd probably love to get more people involved, writing documentation, making packages, etc. It doesn't use s6, but I've submitted the s6 packages to the project. Maybe you could work on adding s6 ini

Re: Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 19/04/2015 15:19, Chris Brannon wrote: For the past year or so, I've been wanting to start working on an Arch derivative, based around musl libc, s6, and related software. Is anyone else interested in working on such a project with me? Hi Chris, I can only applaud your decision! I'm not

Arch Linux derivative using s6?

2015-04-19 Thread Chris Brannon
Hey list, I was involved in the Arch community up until 2013 or so. Arch was a great distro, and in many ways, it still is, but I admit that I'm not exactly thrilled with the direction it has gone in the last few years. I'm not bitter. Arch is what it is. For the past year or so, I've been wantin