Parsing /etc/os-release

2018-03-25 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
For those who might be parsing /etc/os-release, and for those who have 
seen the way that the nosh toolset does it, in its build system and in 
the external configuration import subsystem:


* https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/433245/5132



Re: [Announce] s6.rc: a distribution-friendly init/rc framework

2018-03-25 Thread Casper Ti. Vector
On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 06:38:33AM +, Laurent Bercot wrote:
> A major selling point of the s6 and s6-rc formats is that they're easy
> to autogenerate, and a frontend would be proof of that. We claim we're
> technically better than everyone else, and that our paradigm is more
> flexible than others - well there's the opportunity to prove it.
Fine if you think so.  Religions can really be annoying and wasteful.

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Re: [Announce] s6.rc: a distribution-friendly init/rc framework

2018-03-25 Thread Laurent Bercot

On a second thought, what about (at least a attempt at) solving the
human (political) problems by human means (propaganda, but of the
factually correct type)?


 It's not a political problem, it's a religious problem. You just cannot
convince people that your UI is better, any more than you can convince
them that your text editor is better. People have tastes, we may find
them bad, but we're not going to change them; trying only paints you
as an annoying zealot, and is counter-productive.

 The factually correct, technically correct solution is already there,
and they accept it, they believe it - we don't need to convince them
of that. It's simply a UI issue. And the right answer to "I like your
engine, but I don't like your UI" isn't "You're wrong, my UI is the
best", it is to put up - and write a UI they like - or shut up.
A major selling point of the s6 and s6-rc formats is that they're easy
to autogenerate, and a frontend would be proof of that. We claim we're
technically better than everyone else, and that our paradigm is more
flexible than others - well there's the opportunity to prove it.

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 Laurent