Re: Bits from the DPL (August 2019)

[Evilham <contact@evilham.com>]

On dj., set. 19 2019, Jerome BENOIT wrote:

> On 19/09/2019 00:46, Sam Hartman wrote:
>
> > Init System Diversity
> > =====================
> ....
> > So perhaps sysvinit and init scripts have had their chance and 
> > it is
> > time to move on.  We could move away from init scripts as the 
> > default
> > representation.  We could stop caring about sysvinit (which 
> > isn't quite
> > the same thing but is related).  That would leave non-linux 
> > ports in an
> > unfortunate position.  But right now there are no non-linux 
> > ports in the
> > main archive.  So perhaps we don't even care about that. 
> > Again, a
> > change, but a change that we can ask ourselves if we are ready 
> > to make.
>
> This does not look as diversity.
>
> Otherwise I am very surprise that Devuan was not mention at all.
> May be it is time to work with the Devuan team and merge Devuan 
> to Debian.


As someone involved in Devuan: please don't pull it into this.

Sam's *full* message, and not just the bit you quoted, is what 
*Debian* needs, which is what his current role asks for.

Mark (elogind's developer) works closely with Devuan but in 
general over there, there is consensus that whatever changes are 
worth having in Debian should happen in Debian whenever possible, 
which is where it has the greatest impact, and that is what this 
is about: determining if it is possible and desirable for Debian 
that this particular bit *also* happens in Debian.

And that truly has nothing to do with Devuan or what people think 
of it.
--
Evilham