Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-04-15 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:48:29PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 04:17:01PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > I once considered packaging sed from v7 UNIX, which has all the > > coreutils bundled in one source repo, and so literally considered > > src:unix, although in

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-04-14 Thread Holger Levsen
On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 04:17:01PM +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > I once considered packaging sed from v7 UNIX, which has all the > coreutils bundled in one source repo, and so literally considered > src:unix, although in both cases it was largely a joke and I didn't > pursue it. *g*, nice!

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-04-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:21:36PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > As it's 2021 and 99% of the Linux user base has no idea what UNIX (or Linux) > is, maybe it's time for a src:proper-unix-system package for those who care? I once considered packaging sed from v7 UNIX, which has all the coreutils

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Jonathan Carter dijo [Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 07:29:14PM +0200]: > >> Define "proper Unix"... > > > > The definition depends on whether you are a longhair or shorthair. > > If you're a proper blue-haired person, then the only proper Unix is Debian. Please do note that your definition might be of

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Jonathan Carter
On 2021/02/10 15:16, Bjørn Mork wrote: > Adam Borowski writes: >>> As it's 2021 and 99% of the Linux user base has no idea what UNIX (or Linux) >>> is, maybe it's time for a src:proper-unix-system package for those who care? >> >> Define "proper Unix"... > > The definition depends on whether you

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 01:38:56PM +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > > As it's 2021 and 99% of the Linux user base has no idea what UNIX (or Linux) > > is, maybe it's time for a src:proper-unix-system package for those who care? > Define "proper Unix"... well, I'd leave this to the people who care.

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Ansgar
On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 13:38 +0100, Adam Borowski wrote: > Define "proper Unix"... A system including Emacs. So we would need emacs at Priority: standard or even important or required :] Ansgar

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Bjørn Mork
Adam Borowski writes: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:21:36PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 01:05:04PM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: >> > I happen to disagree. To me this is yet another step away from being a >> > proper Unix system - to something else. Which would be fine if

Re: a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Adam Borowski
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 12:21:36PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 01:05:04PM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: > > I happen to disagree. To me this is yet another step away from being a > > proper Unix system - to something else. Which would be fine if it moved > > us forward. > >

a proper-unix meta package (Re: Proposal: plocate as standard for bookworm)

2021-02-10 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 01:05:04PM +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote: > I happen to disagree. To me this is yet another step away from being a > proper Unix system - to something else. Which would be fine if it moved > us forward. As it's 2021 and 99% of the Linux user base has no idea what UNIX (or