Re: DE features dependent on Systemd

[Tomas Pospisek <tpo2@sourcepole.ch>]

Am 06.12.2014 um 13:39 schrieb The Wanderer:
> On 12/06/2014 at 05:47 AM, Tomas Pospisek wrote:
> 
>> Am 06.12.2014 um 00:55 schrieb Svante Signell:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2014-12-05 at 15:22 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> 
>>>> When NFSv4 development sparked the modern Linux keyring data
>>>> model, we were delighted to switch (and then got very frustrated
>>>> by the GPL-only tags on various keyring features, but that's
>>>> another argument).
>>>
>>> So I wish you a happy life with current (Debian chosen) technology,
>>> it is perfect! No more problems with bugs popping up or people
>>> being unable to boot their desktop computers/servers. Merry
>>> Christmas :)
>>
>> So in apparently yet another tantrum you threw a buzzword ("OpenAFS")
>> in the face of the audience, Russ actually managed to (miraculously)
>> make sense of seeing that single word, answered and explained in
>> detail. And the reply you produce is yet more polemic and snide and
>> there's not a single (!) word of appreciation and acknowledgement of
>> the argument of yours that Russ put in perspective or maybe refuted?
>>
>> It makes the impression on me that your goal is to prevent systemd
>> by whatever means available you. It seems to be a holy grail of
>> yours: total destruction of systemd and all of its misguided
>> "followers".
> 
> I don't think this last is entirely fair; I don't think (she?)'s
> interested in the total destruction of systemd, only in restoring it to
> a niche off in the metaphorical corner - to a status of "if you want to
> use it yourself, or advocate for others to use it, feel free - but don't
> do anything that makes it harder for others *not* to use it".

Might be you're right, and I've exagerated yet once again.

> Which I would actually agree with, albeit not with the type of vocal
> attitude towards it which (she?) apparently brings to the table. I like
> to think I'm both more rational and more reasonable than that.
> 
>> I've ddg'd a bit but was unable to find a killfile for Thunderbird
>> yet. Does anybody know of such functionality for Thunderbird?
> 
> Tools -> Message Filters. I don't use it for killfile purposes in
> E-mail, but I've used it that way (in "mark read" form, at least) on
> Usenet, with reasonably good effect.

Thanks a lot,
*t