Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update

2015-03-31 Thread Martijn Dekkers
How is the puppy?!?

On 31 March 2015 at 06:20, Jude Nelson  wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> I don't have as much to report this week as I usually do, since I spent
> half my weekend dealing with a pet medical emergency (TL;DR: ibuprofen is
> toxic to puppies, and puppies can chew through child-proof lids).
>
> I am happy to report that I was able to extract the code for libudev 219
> from systemd 219, and get it to compile independently.  The resulting
> library is ABI-compatible with systemd's (no real surprise).
>
> My next steps are working through a couple vdev bugs that Scooby helped me
> find, as well as get libudev to work without udevd.
>
> More next week,
> Jude
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Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update

2015-03-31 Thread Archangel Amael
Well how are the puppies?
Hey everyone,

I don't have as much to report this week as I usually do, since I spent
half my weekend dealing with a pet medical emergency (TL;DR: ibuprofen is
toxic to puppies, and puppies can chew through child-proof lids).

I am happy to report that I was able to extract the code for libudev 219
from systemd 219, and get it to compile independently.  The resulting
library is ABI-compatible with systemd's (no real surprise).

My next steps are working through a couple vdev bugs that Scooby helped me
find, as well as get libudev to work without udevd.

More next week,
Jude

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Re: [Dng] This has GOT to be an April Fools joke

2015-03-31 Thread devuan . kn
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:51 AM, KatolaZ - kato...@freaknet.org
 wrote:
> Again. such a binary blob cannot be the Linux kernel with some
> patches, thanks to the fact that Linux is under GPLv2, so any modified
> version of it has to be released with the same license, which implies
> that any user should be able to use, distribute, modify and
> redistribute the software she receives under that license.

Yes, you can get the source, build and redistribute it. But without
the proper key you may not be able to sign it in such a way that your
system will boot that kernel. Tivo did that, spurring the FSF into
action to create GPLv3 to fix that.

Linus rejected that fix though, which is why the kernel is using GPLv2.

Note that secure boot allows you to set your own trusted keys, so you
are fine with that technology for now.

> This is something for which we should definitely thank RMS and (a
> probably not so freedom-conscious) Linus Torvalds :)

Praise for both is always appropriate:-)

BR
Karl

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Re: [Dng] This has GOT to be an April Fools joke

2015-03-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 30. März 2015, 12:38:37 schrieb Steve Litt:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:25:27 -0500
> 
> Nate Bargmann  wrote:
> > Is this really happening?
> >
> > 
> >
> > > Now it appears as though the systemd developers have found a
> > > solution to kernel compatibility problems and a way to extend their
> > > philosophy of placing all key operating system components in one
> > > repository. According to Ivan Gotyaovich, one of the developers
> > > working on systemd, the project intends to maintain its own fork of
> > > the Linux kernel. "There are problems, problems in collaboration,
> > > problems with compatibility across versions. Forking the kernel
> > > gives us control over these issues, gives us control over almost
> > > all key parts of the stack."
> >
> > 
> >
> > http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150330#community
> >
> > 
> >
> > Our proximity to April 1 makes me wonder, but still...
> >
> > 
> >
> > While there are several quotes in the article from one Ivan
> > Gotyaovich, I don't see any links to said quotes which leaves me a
> > bit skeptical of the veracity of the article.  However, the link to
> > GitHub looks very much like a kernel source tree, but I'm not certain
> > that it is an official repository.
> >
> > 
> >
> > Before anyone takes this too seriously a bit more research needs to be
> > done as we are very close to the date that an elaborate ruse is
> > plausible, at least for us in the USA.
> >
> > 
> >
> > - Nate
> 
> ROFLMAO,
> 
> Here's the problem, Nate. With any other software vendor, we'd
> instantly and doubtlessly assume it an April Fools Joke. But this is
> systemd we're talking about, and the first time I heard that it had a 2
> way link to Gnome I thought "This must be an April Fools Joke", but it
> wasn't. Whether now or later, I fully expect the systemd guys to  make
> their own kernel, and do it with a non-copyleft license.

Steve, honestly, I think this is so far off that it is completely unlikely 
to happen.

With a non-copyleft license? Then its not a fork of Linux. And systemd 
doesn´t run on anything else. And a new kernel?

I think it is important to stay with facts, and by all tendency for 
conspiration theories around systemd, this, in my oppinion, is not a 
likely outcome to *ever* happen.

I think this kind of I think the systemd guys could do anything "evil" I 
can dream of kind of speech is nothing what raises the credibility of any 
"we want to be wihout systemd" effort.

There are enough reasons to avoid systemd, but just this is not one.

That said, for a moment I thought WTF about the linux kernel fork thing. I 
thought, hey, maybe they do even that and maintain systemd related patches 
on top of vanilla kernel. But I then quickly wondered whether it is an 
Aprils fools joke on exactly the cost of those who engage with 
conspiration theories around systemd.

I think it is much more effective to stay to facts when dealing with 
systemd. There are enough facts that for a reason to avoid it.

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[Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi!

As a honest feedback:

Currently I do not read much of the threads here.

Cause again and again I see language like systemd being like a cancer or 
infecting people´s systems.

It is neither a cancer, nor does it infect systems.

What this kind of language mirrors in my eyes is fear of having to put up 
with systemd at some point.

Yet, at any time it has been upstream developers or package maintainers 
who *decided* to adopt it.


Saying that systemd is the source of all evil and we are doomed to it, is 
in no way helpful for any "we want to be without systemd" efforts like 
Devuan. Quite the opposite: It harms the credibility of such projects, 
cause it gives the impression that those projects just consists of a bunch 
of people who circulate conspirations theories about systemd *without* 
doing *anything* about the situation.


So here is my plea to stay to what you actually *really* perceive. Stop 
assuming intentions. Especially stop assuming bad intentions. I think that 
systemd developers essentially mean it good. They have no evil plans to 
take over the world or do harm to others. Instead they believe that what 
they do is worthwhile.

Of course its totally and perfectly okay not to agree with that.


But please stop assuming intentions that may or may not be there. And for 
your own benefit, stop using a language which gives your power away.

systemd is no cancer and it does not infect systems.

If systemd is on your system, either you installed it or upgraded it and 
your distro package maintainers decided to use it.

So systemd developers, if you agree with it or not, had quite some success 
in convincing others to use and rely on systemd.


Yet this is exactly what makes Devuan possible:

If you put some effort to it, like for example Jude does without engaging 
much into the fear based threads so far as I have seen, *it is perfectly 
possible to have a system without systemd*.

And no systemd whatsoever would infect such a system. It just doesn´t have 
the power to do it. Its a piece of code. It has no power whatsoever on its 
own. Its no evil critter which just sits next to computer and waits for a 
chance to take it over.

And if you are constructive and positive in your approach, and your 
systems provides a good alternative, then more may adopt it in the future.


Yes, some upstream developers decided to rely on functionality provided by 
systemd and some depend on it, instead of making it optional. And yes, I 
see this development with concern. But it is still a decision. No 
automatic effect.

systemd has absolutely and totally *no* power over you.

systemd upstream has absolutely and totally *no* power over you.

I want to repeat this:

Neither systemd nor systemd upstream have any power over you.


This is still *free* software.


Stop giving your power away.

Instead: Claim it. Claim it by using a language that is free of self-
defeating patterns like that. A language that puts back the responsibility 
in your hands.

Feel your fear, appreciate it, and by that unlock the power you locked 
down in it.

You have any power in the world to support any efforts to have a systemd 
free system.

So now choose: In what way do you want to spend your energy?


Did any of the talk about systemd being a cancer or infecting people´s 
system do *any* good to change the situation? Did it work? Or do efforts 
like the one of Jude with vdev any good to change the situation? Does it 
work?

Do more of what works, and instead of repeating patterns that are 
ineffective in changing your current situation, do something that works as 
well.

Or if you do not want to invest the time, let others do it and be grateful 
about it instead of filling this list with powerless and self-defeating 
thought patterns.


(That said I think cancer usually is no death sentence either and there 
are quite powerful approaches in addition or as alternative to academic 
medicine to deal with it. And I believe that there are ways to help the 
body to deal with any kind of infection.)

Ciao,
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Re: [Dng] Any plans to provide xinit without the systemd hacks?

2015-03-31 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Jude Nelson wrote:

>Hey Isaac,
>So, I'm looking at startx here:
>*[1]http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/tree/startx.cpp
>Where's the offending block of code?* Is it lines 191-200?

Looks like it.

>Looking at the commit history
>([2]http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/log/), it doesn't
>look like startx sees many changes these days.* It should be easy
>to keep a separate startx script around, if you don't want it
>starting X on your current tty.

I think we should satisfy Isaac's request. I stopped using startx long
ago, but I'd be also annoyed to have it starting on the launched tty,
clearly recalling I did use startx in place of xinit mostly to not have
it polluted.

I also cannot understand the sense of this somewhat insane thing
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/tree/cpprules.in
And would feel much better to know that we maintain such a script, or
even rewrite it.

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 31 March 2015 10:10:28 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> So here is my plea to stay to what you actually *really* perceive. Stop 
> assuming intentions. Especially stop assuming bad intentions. I think that 
> systemd developers essentially mean it good. They have no evil plans to 
> take over the world or do harm to others. Instead they believe that what 
> they do is worthwhile.
> 
> Of course its totally and perfectly okay not to agree with that.

While I generally agree with the reasoning of your post, I still feel to point 
out that it is not only OK but actually PC and mandatory to question the 
motivations and goals of those who introduce a new idea or concept. Otherwise 
you're always late and only can react on the fallout (intentionally ambiguous 
wording). When I read terms like "cancer" and "infect" then I don't only 
relate them to the binary on my system but also to the social aspects of the 
whole issue that you mentioned (distro maintainers all too cheerfully adopting 
systemd, lots of fanboys claiming linux never really worked before systemd 
came along, and generally the idea that freedom would mean some company can 
take the joint effort of generations of developers into a new direction decided 
upon by only a dozen of members of systemd cabal¹ ), and I think in that 
context those terms describe pretty accurately what's happening. 
Regarding any master plans behind systemd: they are less obvious to some than 
they are to others, but it seems there been sound arguments that - no matter 
if intentional or not, planned or not - systemd movement *will* actually 
*implement* a drastically changed "ecosystem" that looks much favorable for RH 
and takes away freedom of general linux community. What's the use in trying to 
refrain from blaming RH for *intentionally* trying to 'achieve world dominion' 
when actually what systemd cabal does is evidently establishing exactly that, 
at least long term?

/j

¹ http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html 


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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread shraptor shraptor
I wouldn't say systemd developers are evil
merely selfish

On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Martin Steigerwald  wrote:

> Hi!
>
> As a honest feedback:
>
> Currently I do not read much of the threads here.
>
> Cause again and again I see language like systemd being like a cancer or
> infecting people´s systems.
>
> It is neither a cancer, nor does it infect systems.
>
> What this kind of language mirrors in my eyes is fear of having to put up
> with systemd at some point.
>
> Yet, at any time it has been upstream developers or package maintainers
> who *decided* to adopt it.
>
>
> Saying that systemd is the source of all evil and we are doomed to it, is
> in no way helpful for any "we want to be without systemd" efforts like
> Devuan. Quite the opposite: It harms the credibility of such projects,
> cause it gives the impression that those projects just consists of a bunch
> of people who circulate conspirations theories about systemd *without*
> doing *anything* about the situation.
>
>
> So here is my plea to stay to what you actually *really* perceive. Stop
> assuming intentions. Especially stop assuming bad intentions. I think that
> systemd developers essentially mean it good. They have no evil plans to
> take over the world or do harm to others. Instead they believe that what
> they do is worthwhile.
>
> Of course its totally and perfectly okay not to agree with that.
>
>
> But please stop assuming intentions that may or may not be there. And for
> your own benefit, stop using a language which gives your power away.
>
> systemd is no cancer and it does not infect systems.
>
> If systemd is on your system, either you installed it or upgraded it and
> your distro package maintainers decided to use it.
>
> So systemd developers, if you agree with it or not, had quite some success
> in convincing others to use and rely on systemd.
>
>
> Yet this is exactly what makes Devuan possible:
>
> If you put some effort to it, like for example Jude does without engaging
> much into the fear based threads so far as I have seen, *it is perfectly
> possible to have a system without systemd*.
>
> And no systemd whatsoever would infect such a system. It just doesn´t have
> the power to do it. Its a piece of code. It has no power whatsoever on its
> own. Its no evil critter which just sits next to computer and waits for a
> chance to take it over.
>
> And if you are constructive and positive in your approach, and your
> systems provides a good alternative, then more may adopt it in the future.
>
>
> Yes, some upstream developers decided to rely on functionality provided by
> systemd and some depend on it, instead of making it optional. And yes, I
> see this development with concern. But it is still a decision. No
> automatic effect.
>
> systemd has absolutely and totally *no* power over you.
>
> systemd upstream has absolutely and totally *no* power over you.
>
> I want to repeat this:
>
> Neither systemd nor systemd upstream have any power over you.
>
>
> This is still *free* software.
>
>
> Stop giving your power away.
>
> Instead: Claim it. Claim it by using a language that is free of self-
> defeating patterns like that. A language that puts back the responsibility
> in your hands.
>
> Feel your fear, appreciate it, and by that unlock the power you locked
> down in it.
>
> You have any power in the world to support any efforts to have a systemd
> free system.
>
> So now choose: In what way do you want to spend your energy?
>
>
> Did any of the talk about systemd being a cancer or infecting people´s
> system do *any* good to change the situation? Did it work? Or do efforts
> like the one of Jude with vdev any good to change the situation? Does it
> work?
>
> Do more of what works, and instead of repeating patterns that are
> ineffective in changing your current situation, do something that works as
> well.
>
> Or if you do not want to invest the time, let others do it and be grateful
> about it instead of filling this list with powerless and self-defeating
> thought patterns.
>
>
> (That said I think cancer usually is no death sentence either and there
> are quite powerful approaches in addition or as alternative to academic
> medicine to deal with it. And I believe that there are ways to help the
> body to deal with any kind of infection.)
>
> Ciao,
> --
> Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Damien Hunter
Selfish in what way exactly? Is Systemd closed source?

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:53 AM, shraptor shraptor  wrote:
> I wouldn't say systemd developers are evil
> merely selfish
>
> On Tuesday, March 31, 2015, Martin Steigerwald  wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> As a honest feedback:
>>
>> Currently I do not read much of the threads here.
>>
>> Cause again and again I see language like systemd being like a cancer or
>> infecting people´s systems.
>>
>> It is neither a cancer, nor does it infect systems.
>>
>> What this kind of language mirrors in my eyes is fear of having to put up
>> with systemd at some point.
>>
>> Yet, at any time it has been upstream developers or package maintainers
>> who *decided* to adopt it.
>>
>>
>> Saying that systemd is the source of all evil and we are doomed to it, is
>> in no way helpful for any "we want to be without systemd" efforts like
>> Devuan. Quite the opposite: It harms the credibility of such projects,
>> cause it gives the impression that those projects just consists of a bunch
>> of people who circulate conspirations theories about systemd *without*
>> doing *anything* about the situation.
>>
>>
>> So here is my plea to stay to what you actually *really* perceive. Stop
>> assuming intentions. Especially stop assuming bad intentions. I think that
>> systemd developers essentially mean it good. They have no evil plans to
>> take over the world or do harm to others. Instead they believe that what
>> they do is worthwhile.
>>
>> Of course its totally and perfectly okay not to agree with that.
>>
>>
>> But please stop assuming intentions that may or may not be there. And for
>> your own benefit, stop using a language which gives your power away.
>>
>> systemd is no cancer and it does not infect systems.
>>
>> If systemd is on your system, either you installed it or upgraded it and
>> your distro package maintainers decided to use it.
>>
>> So systemd developers, if you agree with it or not, had quite some success
>> in convincing others to use and rely on systemd.
>>
>>
>> Yet this is exactly what makes Devuan possible:
>>
>> If you put some effort to it, like for example Jude does without engaging
>> much into the fear based threads so far as I have seen, *it is perfectly
>> possible to have a system without systemd*.
>>
>> And no systemd whatsoever would infect such a system. It just doesn´t have
>> the power to do it. Its a piece of code. It has no power whatsoever on its
>> own. Its no evil critter which just sits next to computer and waits for a
>> chance to take it over.
>>
>> And if you are constructive and positive in your approach, and your
>> systems provides a good alternative, then more may adopt it in the future.
>>
>>
>> Yes, some upstream developers decided to rely on functionality provided by
>> systemd and some depend on it, instead of making it optional. And yes, I
>> see this development with concern. But it is still a decision. No
>> automatic effect.
>>
>> systemd has absolutely and totally *no* power over you.
>>
>> systemd upstream has absolutely and totally *no* power over you.
>>
>> I want to repeat this:
>>
>> Neither systemd nor systemd upstream have any power over you.
>>
>>
>> This is still *free* software.
>>
>>
>> Stop giving your power away.
>>
>> Instead: Claim it. Claim it by using a language that is free of self-
>> defeating patterns like that. A language that puts back the responsibility
>> in your hands.
>>
>> Feel your fear, appreciate it, and by that unlock the power you locked
>> down in it.
>>
>> You have any power in the world to support any efforts to have a systemd
>> free system.
>>
>> So now choose: In what way do you want to spend your energy?
>>
>>
>> Did any of the talk about systemd being a cancer or infecting people´s
>> system do *any* good to change the situation? Did it work? Or do efforts
>> like the one of Jude with vdev any good to change the situation? Does it
>> work?
>>
>> Do more of what works, and instead of repeating patterns that are
>> ineffective in changing your current situation, do something that works as
>> well.
>>
>> Or if you do not want to invest the time, let others do it and be grateful
>> about it instead of filling this list with powerless and self-defeating
>> thought patterns.
>>
>>
>> (That said I think cancer usually is no death sentence either and there
>> are quite powerful approaches in addition or as alternative to academic
>> medicine to deal with it. And I believe that there are ways to help the
>> body to deal with any kind of infection.)
>>
>> Ciao,
>> --
>> Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 31 March 2015 09:59:48 Damien Hunter wrote:
> Selfish in what way exactly? 
maybe in a way where they put their own priorities on top and ruthlessly 
follow them, no matter if that breaks stuff for a lot or even majority of other 
users. Selfish as in egozentric and not at all open to any criticism or 
discussion of a better approach.

> Is Systemd closed source?
If you have to ask, I wonder why you comment here. You're supposed to have 
understood by now that it's a problem far beyond mere open source status of 
systemd. (see above)
But I guess your question only been poor rhetoric.

/j

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Jörg,

Am Dienstag, 31. März 2015, 10:40:14 schrieb Joerg Reisenweber:
> On Tue 31 March 2015 10:10:28 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > So here is my plea to stay to what you actually *really* perceive.
> > Stop
> > assuming intentions. Especially stop assuming bad intentions. I think
> > that systemd developers essentially mean it good. They have no evil
> > plans to take over the world or do harm to others. Instead they
> > believe that what they do is worthwhile.
> > 
> > Of course its totally and perfectly okay not to agree with that.
> 
> While I generally agree with the reasoning of your post, I still feel to
> point out that it is not only OK but actually PC and mandatory to
> question the motivations and goals of those who introduce a new idea or
> concept. Otherwise you're always late and only can react on the fallout
> (intentionally ambiguous wording). When I read terms like "cancer" and
> "infect" then I don't only relate them to the binary on my system but
> also to the social aspects of the whole issue that you mentioned
> (distro maintainers all too cheerfully adopting systemd, lots of
> fanboys claiming linux never really worked before systemd came along,
> and generally the idea that freedom would mean some company can take
> the joint effort of generations of developers into a new direction
> decided upon by only a dozen of members of systemd cabal¹ ), and I
> think in that context those terms describe pretty accurately what's
> happening. Regarding any master plans behind systemd: they are less
> obvious to some than they are to others, but it seems there been sound
> arguments that - no matter if intentional or not, planned or not -
> systemd movement *will* actually *implement* a drastically changed
> "ecosystem" that looks much favorable for RH and takes away freedom of
> general linux community. What's the use in trying to refrain from
> blaming RH for *intentionally* trying to 'achieve world dominion' when
> actually what systemd cabal does is evidently establishing exactly
> that, at least long term?

I do think the polarity which systemd triggers is way more *social* than  
*technical*, as I outlined in a thread to systemd-devel I started in 
September 2014[1]. So I agree with that.

Yet, I still do not think that any bad intentions are behind it. Sure, 
there are intentions. But ultimately I do not *know* them. Yes, it seems 
to me that systemd upstream developers have a different view on how a Linux 
system should look like than what I am used to what it looks like. In 
above thread at some time Lennart was calling me "Now you are being a 
dick" instead of continuing the discussion, so I think there is a limited 
acceptance for even discussing a different way to put Linux systems 
together. And more so a total resistance to discuss and address any 
*social* issues.

Yet, I do think genuinely systemd upstream developers believe that what 
they do is good and worthwile for Linux (and not only RedHat).

I also do not agree that it is RedHat´s intention to take over Linux 
completely. They can´t anyway. They just do not have the power to do it. 
Sure, RedHat is the biggest commercial Linux distributor. Sure as such 
entity I bet it has the goal to raise its profits even more. Sure also they 
employ Lennart meanwhile and the drove systemd adoption.

But I do not think there are any bad or evil intentions or even any "we 
are the only ones who decide what goes into Linux" intentions behind it.

On any account I do think that it is a *total waste of time* to speculate 
about intentions. Every single moment, every single minute can be spend in 
a more effective way on the goal of having a systemd free system instead.

So I stop this here now.




Its just that a part of the current Linux users and developers!, including 
upstream kernel developers as I found out do not agree to this new way to 
put a Linux system together. A part of the Linux users and developers may 
also not agree with the way systemd upstream handles the feedback it 
receives which is the social issue. And thats fine.

I do not think that any terms like cancer, infection or cabal are any 
helpful there.


What I perceive as the most pressing social issue around systemd and 
systemd upstream, but also partly systemd Debian packagers is the complete 
refusal to treat some bug reports and some kind of feedback in a way that 
actually *acknowledges* the feedback. See the "wont fix" on the Google 
nameserver thing, see some systemd related bug reports on freedesktop, see 
the comment on Linus to Kay Sievers about the debug kernel command line. 
Linus put it really bluntly. I bet you can find his post easily.

That is the most severe social issue: Some systemd upstream developers and 
systemd debian packagers do seem to believe so much that their way is 
right, that they do not even consider that a different oppinion could be 
valid *at all*. And if one brings this up as a social issues they 
completely refuse to discu

Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 31. März 2015, 11:11:31 schrieb Joerg Reisenweber:
> On Tue 31 March 2015 09:59:48 Damien Hunter wrote:
> > Selfish in what way exactly? 
> 
> maybe in a way where they put their own priorities on top and
> ruthlessly  follow them, no matter if that breaks stuff for a lot or
> even majority of other users. Selfish as in egozentric and not at all
> open to any criticism or discussion of a better approach.

I agree with that one. See my reply to your first post.

Linus put it quite bluntly as hey address the debug line thing Kay Sievers 
refused to fix at that time.

I have seen this pattern repeatedly with systemd upstreamd and in part 
also systemd Debian packagers.

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 31 March 2015 11:16:02 Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> I do not think that any terms like cancer, infection or cabal are any 
> helpful there.

NB not *I* invented "systemd cabal" term, it been Poettering himself, in his 
blog I linked above.
 here again for your convenience: 
http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:16:02AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:

[cut]

> 
> What I perceive as the most pressing social issue around systemd and 
> systemd upstream, but also partly systemd Debian packagers is the complete 
> refusal to treat some bug reports and some kind of feedback in a way that 
> actually *acknowledges* the feedback. See the "wont fix" on the Google 
> nameserver thing, see some systemd related bug reports on freedesktop, see 
> the comment on Linus to Kay Sievers about the debug kernel command line. 
> Linus put it really bluntly. I bet you can find his post easily.
> 
> That is the most severe social issue: Some systemd upstream developers and 
> systemd debian packagers do seem to believe so much that their way is 
> right, that they do not even consider that a different oppinion could be 
> valid *at all*. And if one brings this up as a social issues they 
> completely refuse to discuss it. I experienced this myself on systemd-
> devel before I unsubscribed there again. I experienced this myself on own 
> systemd related bug reports I filed with Debian.
> 

Hi Martin, 

that's exactly what I referred to when I talked of the
systemd-nonsense as a "cancer". The damage is not merely technical and
localised to the relatively minor issue of replacing PID 1, as you
correctly pointed out, but "systemic" and "social". And that's exactly
why we should be more concerned about it.

As far as I can remember, no major free software project has survived
long by answering "wont fix" more often that "thanks for pointing this
out". The only difference here is that we are not talking of an editor
or a shell, for which you have several hundred easy replacements, but
of an entire "new" way of conceiving free software development, which
can be summarised in "I don't mind WTF you think is good, because I am
the only one in charge". And unfortunately this "new" way is rapidly
spreading, as you correctly pointed out again, from the systemd core
team to systemd package maintainers and project leaders.

That's exactly why I believe that the Devuan effort is more
fundamental, because it will establish and confirm an *proactive* and
*human* free software development model.

HND

KatolaZ

P.S.: I acknowledge that "doing things" is ways more important that
chit-chatting, but I believe that the (sometimes prolonged) threads in
this ML are contributing to build a new sense of community, so it's
not just wasted time ;-)

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Re: [Dng] Why daemontools is so cool

2015-03-31 Thread Didier Kryn


Le 30/03/2015 19:24, Steve Litt a écrit :

Hi Didier,

If your post says what I think it says, you're saying that modern init
systems should always start services concurrently, not consecutively.


Maybe this is a little too extremist and is going farther than what 
I meant. Let me moderate it a little.


Typically, the early init phase happens in initramfs and finishes 
with switch_root or pivot_root to the final rootfs. At this time, when 
/sbin/init starts, /, /dev, /proc, /sys are already mounted and /dev is 
at least partly populated (totally in the case of a static /dev).


Which part of the dependencies is best managed by init and which by 
the daemons is a matter of expertise. Starting things sequentially is 
certainly a too extreme way to manage the dependencies. But my point was 
rather on the daemons. I'm not saying that init should be a fork-bomb (I 
discovered this expression recently and enjoy it :-) ).


My point is that services should be able to wait for their 
resources by themselves, not only in the initialization phase, and be 
able to react to changes in these resources.


 For a daemon we had two design options proposed:
1) resource allocation, then orphanning, then service, then death 
if resource lost,

2) statefull program providing service when resource is available.

The first is the traditional fashion; it is fragile and unsafe to 
supervise; it was devised long ago, far before the advent of 
hotplugging. The second is a survivor, easy to supervise and fits with 
hotplugging.


Didier

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Udo Rader
On 03/31/2015 10:10 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> It is neither a cancer, nor does it infect systems.

"Systemd Gains IP Forwarding, IP Masquerading & Basic Firewall Controls"
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=systemd-networkd-IP-Forward

"Systemd Works On PPPoE Support"
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgyODQ

"Gummiboot UEFI Boot Loader To Be Added To Systemd"
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=systemd-Gummiboot-Boot-Loader

"Systemd 217 Will Introduce Its New "Consoled" User Console Daemon "
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgwNzQ

if it is not cancer, it is at least an extremely serious virus infection ...

But you are right, the infection is not done by systemd itself but by
package maintainers going down the road along with systemd.

And when it comes to wording and social (mis)behaviour, I think Lennart
said it very well for himself in his interview last October:

"The Open Source community is full of assholes"
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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 31 March 2015 11:57:00 Udo Rader wrote:
> And when it comes to wording and social (mis)behaviour, I think Lennart
> said it very well for himself in his interview last October:
> 
> "The Open Source community is full of assholes"

Perfect excuse to act like one yourself ;-) 
[not addressed to OP]

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 31. März 2015, 11:57:00 schrieb Udo Rader:
> On 03/31/2015 10:10 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > It is neither a cancer, nor does it infect systems.
> 
> "Systemd Gains IP Forwarding, IP Masquerading & Basic Firewall Controls"
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=systemd-networkd-IP-> 
> Forward
> 
> "Systemd Works On PPPoE Support"
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgyODQ
> 
> "Gummiboot UEFI Boot Loader To Be Added To Systemd"
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=systemd-Gummiboot-Boo
> t-Loader
> 
> "Systemd 217 Will Introduce Its New "Consoled" User Console Daemon "
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTgwNzQ
> 
> if it is not cancer, it is at least an extremely serious virus infection
> ...
> 
> But you are right, the infection is not done by systemd itself but by
> package maintainers going down the road along with systemd.

Udo, get my message, or not.

It is your choice.

I think I do not have to add anything to what I wrote.


I do not want to argue *at all* on who is right. This whole "who is right" 
thing is the fundament of the issue at hand here.

If you want to see this as a cancer or virus infection you are subjected 
to, it is your choice. I doubt that it is a choice that is effective at 
changing the situation, but it is your choice.

I won´t spend any energy to argue with it.

You either get my message, or you don´t.

Ciao,
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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Robert Storey
"Saying that systemd is the source of all evil and we are doomed to it, is
in no way helpful for any..."

It's the spawn of Satan, I tell you! Have you not seen the systemd web site?

http://churchofsatan.com/

It's been written on The Internet that the systemd developers have horns
growing out of their heads. And if you can't trust The Internet, who can
you trust?

Furthermore, I also have it on reliable info that Lenin Pot-ring has
decided to add a systemd registry to the kernel. "If Windows has a
registry, why not Linux?" he bellowed to a cheering crowd at the 2015
SystemD FanBoiz Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. "I have a dream,"
Pot-Ring continued, " when a geek be judged not by the color of his
T-shirt, but rather by the content of his SSD."

Although I am confident that Devuan will lead us on a path to Enlightenment
(though personally, I prefer XFCE), until we get at least a beta release,
you'd best wear a necklace made of garlic around your neck to keep the
Forces of Darkness away from your computer. Seriously. Those systemd folks
have the power of mind control. They're evil.

But do not despair. Judgement day is just around the corner.

Keep the faith,
Robert

P.S. Posting these words of wisdom precisely as April 1 begins (at least in
New Zealand's time zone).
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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread niels

On 2015-03-31 10:10, Martin Steigerwald wrote:

Hi!





Neither systemd nor systemd upstream have any power over you.


This is still *free* software.


Stop giving your power away.





Ciao,




the systemd discussion is most importantly not a technical discussion 
but a discussion on its centralized design philosophy and how we (who 
have just become) the alienated digital minority, should best respond to 
these developments, even at this time we as a group are not consulted on 
this subject.
The centralized design philosophy offers no real choice but to follow 
that was is thought best for you, essentially marginalizing parts of the 
free software developer community.
 I would not be surprised if this centralized effort results in one 
inconvenience compounded to another in the long run so clearly we need a 
viable alternative (Devuan)
Especially stunning is also the post-snowden effect they are adding by 
stating that they want a fully trustable OS - where everything can be 
verified by a full trust chain for the lowest to highest level, you know 
- to guard you from eavesdropping or malicious software whilst in 
reality it is a single point of failure. Remember the security breach at 
Diginotar in 2011? Privacy leaks have just grown to biblical 
proportions.
Add a military contractor on top of that and conspiracy theories pop up 
like mushrooms after a rainy day.


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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 01:59:28PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> 
> If you want to see this as a cancer or virus infection you are subjected 
> to, it is your choice. I doubt that it is a choice that is effective at 
> changing the situation, but it is your choice.

Seeing it as a cancer is motivation for changing the situation.
Without motivation, things tend not to get done.

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[Dng] Devuan philosohy

2015-03-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:16:02AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> 
> [1] [systemd-devel] I wonder… why systemd provokes this amount of polarity 
> and resistance:
> 
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/thread.html

The discussion here contains a quotation about the Unix philosophy (in 
an attempt to explain how systemd follows it).  I find it summmarises 
well the way Devuan believes a Linux system should be organised:


1. Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces.
2. Clarity is better than cleverness.
3. Design programs to be connected to other programs.
4. Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines.
5. Design for simplicity; add complexity only where you must.
6. Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that 
nothing else will do.
7. Rule of Transparency: Design for visibility to make inspection and 
debugging easier.
8. Robustness is the child of transparency and simplicity.
9. Fold knowledge into data so program logic can be stupid and robust.
10. In interface design, always do the least surprising thing.
11. When a program has nothing surprising to say, it should say 
nothing.
12. When you must fail, fail noisily and as soon as possible.
13. Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine 
time.
14. Avoid hand-hacking; write programs to write programs when you can.
15. Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it.
16. Distrust all claims for “one true way”.
17. Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you 
think.

(see 
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/023294.html 
for the actual post)

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[Dng] Devuan Weekly News XVII - Where no toy has gone before

2015-03-31 Thread etech3

# Devuan Weekly News Issue XVII

__Volume 02, Week 12, Devuan Week 17__

Released 03/31/12015 [HE](why-he)

https://git.devuan.org/Envite/devuan-weekly-news/wikis/past-issues/volume-02/issue-017

## Editorial

### Where no toy has gone before...

We mourn the passing of actor Leonard Nimoy, most famous for his role as 
Star Trek's Vulcan science officer Mr. Spock. The sci-fi classic served 
as an inspiration for many at [NASA][1].


"Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, 
scientists, astronauts, and other space explorers. As Mr. Spock, he made 
science and technology important to the story, while never failing to 
show, by example, that it is the people around us who matter most."


Thanks goes out to everyone who helps on the DWN

etech3

## Last Week in Devuan

### [vdev status update][3]

As in other weeks, Jude posted to the list the weekly vdev status
update. Very interesting read.

### [Puppy Linux-related thoughts...][4]

Isaac Dunham started a post that there may be some guidelines from Puppy 
Linux for building a small, lightweight, fast, and relatively easy to 
use system, even for total Linux newbies. Includes a link to 
distrowatch.com on an antiX Jessie beta without systemd.


Apollia had a related post about Gobo Linux, Puppy [Linux.][5]

### [Why daemontools is so cool][7]

Steve Litt started this post listing some features he likes in 
daemontools. A lot of followup posts.


### [Any plans to provide xinit without the systemd hacks?][8]

### [Is libudev-compat ready for testing][9]

shraptor shraptor (or Scooby) saw Jude had committed some code and asked 
if libudev-compat is ready for testing. He further asked if there was 
there any testing done on vagrant image?


Jude replied that it's not quite ready - it's not yet ABI-compatible 
with libudev (but it is API-compatible).


Jaromil commented that sounds great. libudev-compat is the last thing 
standing in the way of removing systemd packages completely AFAIK


### [Another reason why I am considering Devuan][11]

It was pointed out that Debian had a systemd-related bug regarding DNS 
with follow ups relating to name server set up.


[11]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150329.130743.e7a627ec.en.html
[9]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150328.191653.370f97d3.en.html
[8]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150328.152643.98b7ea1f.en.html
[7]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150327.233205.623f3aa0.en.html
[6]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150327.233205.623f3aa0.en.html
[5]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150324.190730.1d70bafe.en.html
[4]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150323.055207.4da7fc30.en.html
[1]:http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasa-remembers-leonard-nimoy/
[2]:https://git.devuan.org/Envite/devuan-weekly-news/issues/2
[3]:https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/message/20150324.093704.b72a5258.en.html






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Re: [Dng] Devuan philosohy

2015-03-31 Thread Jaromil
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:16:02AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > 
> > [1] [systemd-devel] I wonder… why systemd provokes this amount of polarity 
> > and resistance:
> > 
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/thread.html
> 
> The discussion here contains a quotation about the Unix philosophy (in 
> an attempt to explain how systemd follows it).  I find it summmarises 
> well the way Devuan believes a Linux system should be organised:
> 
> 
> 1. Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces.
> 2. Clarity is better than cleverness.
> 3. Design programs to be connected to other programs.
> 4. Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines.
> 5. Design for simplicity; add complexity only where you must.
> 6. Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that 
> nothing else will do.
> 7. Rule of Transparency: Design for visibility to make inspection and 
> debugging easier.
> 8. Robustness is the child of transparency and simplicity.
> 9. Fold knowledge into data so program logic can be stupid and robust.
> 10. In interface design, always do the least surprising thing.
> 11. When a program has nothing surprising to say, it should say 
> nothing.
> 12. When you must fail, fail noisily and as soon as possible.
> 13. Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine 
> time.
> 14. Avoid hand-hacking; write programs to write programs when you can.
> 15. Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it.
> 16. Distrust all claims for “one true way”.
> 17. Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you 
> think.
> 
> (see 
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/023294.html
>  
> for the actual post)

thanks for extracting this summary.

IMHO Martin makes good points by opening this thread. Beyond the jokes
and the fact is 1st of April in New Zealand already :^) we may want to
facilitate a "disarmament" process of the two factions.

Nevertheless I find pretty offensive episodes like the one at Libre
Planet where a Peter gets publicly alienated as troll for asking a
question about systemd, it just feels like we are fighting an asymmetric
war against a leading group that seized all resources and will not drop
its weapons while playing victim. Beyond all their good intentions I
believe they still want us all "dead".

Also the final argument of this mail you link is disgusting considering
the vote they keep waving is a 4v4 Condorcet draw and it should have
been pondered with some more attention or at least not waved as the
final resolution that sends all others to Hell.

Ultimately we are lucky as it looks like Hell is a much better place
than we thought initially, at least there is much more activity and
space for innovation than in Heaven

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Re: [Dng] Devuan philosohy

2015-03-31 Thread Vince Mulhollon
A good list.

Some combo of 1. and 10. WRT interface design "Be liberal in what you
accept for input and conservative in what you output to the next victim"

Also for 13. sysadmin time is also expensive.  Human time gets more
expensive every year and machine time gets cheaper every year.
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Re: [Dng] This has GOT to be an April Fools joke

2015-03-31 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:51:19 +0100
KatolaZ  wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 04:56:00PM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:

> > Of course, the next step is an "authorized" and signed kernel
> > distributed only in binary form that can be "trusted" on Win10
> > certified hardware.  Add to that scenario that some future version
> > of systemd will only work with the signed and "trusted" binary only
> > kernel...
> > 
> 
> Again. such a binary blob cannot be the Linux kernel with some
> patches, thanks to the fact that Linux is under GPLv2, so any modified
> version of it has to be released with the same license, which implies
> that any user should be able to use, distribute, modify and
> redistribute the software she receives under that license.

I think he was probably envisioning Redhat creating a from-scratch
kernel. This would further differentiate Redhat, and would lock their
users into Redhat. I think Nate's point is Redhat's scared to do that
until Redhat has everyone ensnared in their hard-to-remove obfuscation
code (otherwise known as systemd).

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean Redhat isn't out to get me.

SteveT

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Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update

2015-03-31 Thread Jude Nelson
Thankfully, the puppy should be fine :)  She only ate a few capsules, and
we caught her just after the fact, so we were able to get her proper
treatment before the toxicity could set in.  We get to take her home from
the vet either tonight or tomorrow.

-Jude

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:15 AM, Archangel Amael 
wrote:

> Well how are the puppies?
> Hey everyone,
>
> I don't have as much to report this week as I usually do, since I spent
> half my weekend dealing with a pet medical emergency (TL;DR: ibuprofen is
> toxic to puppies, and puppies can chew through child-proof lids).
>
> I am happy to report that I was able to extract the code for libudev 219
> from systemd 219, and get it to compile independently.  The resulting
> library is ABI-compatible with systemd's (no real surprise).
>
> My next steps are working through a couple vdev bugs that Scooby helped me
> find, as well as get libudev to work without udevd.
>
> More next week,
> Jude
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Re: [Dng] [dng] vdev status update

2015-03-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:44:25AM -0400, Jude Nelson wrote:
> Thankfully, the puppy should be fine :)  She only ate a few capsules, and
> we caught her just after the fact, so we were able to get her proper
> treatment before the toxicity could set in.  We get to take her home from
> the vet either tonight or tomorrow.
> 
> -Jude

Given the fraction of replies you got so far devoted to the puppy 
(100%) and to the technical content (0%), I suspect this community's 
hearts are in the right place.

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Re: [Dng] Claim your power

2015-03-31 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:10:28 +0200
Martin Steigerwald  wrote:


> Saying that systemd is the source of all evil and we are doomed to
> it, is in no way helpful for any "we want to be without systemd"
> efforts like Devuan. Quite the opposite: It harms the credibility of
> such projects, cause it gives the impression that those projects just
> consists of a bunch of people who circulate conspirations theories
> about systemd *without* doing *anything* about the situation.

I've seen almost nobody on the Dng list make the compound statement
referenced in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph. Systemd is
the source of all evil? Certainly, a lot of us believe it's evil. We're
doomed to it? No, that's strictly a Debian-User talking point, and I
haven't seen it used here. If you're interpreting "systemd is the
source of all evil" as "we are doomed to it", I think you're
misinterpreting what people meant.

In fact, we've gathered around Devuan specifically to eliminate
systemd. Regardless of motivation or philosophy or anything else, the
one thing we're *actually doing* on this distro is getting rid of
systemd.

Now here's the thing: The people gathered around Devuan all want to be
free of systemd, but for many different reasons. Some don't like its
architecture. Some want to retain the ability to write init scripts.
Some want native text logs. Some don't like its lead programmer. Some
don't like its sponsor. Some believe it's the opening salvo in an
Embrace->Extend->Extinquish attack. Some are tired of their low level
operating system being somebody else's experimental lab.

So we all work together. Conspiracy theorists and init script lovers,
Redhat haters and modularity insisters, we all must work together,
because if we don't all hang together, we most certainly will hang
separately.

I think we all should accept each others' motivations for working on
Devuan. That's the sure way of guaranteeing that we'll never be doomed
to systemd.

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Re: [Dng] Devuan philosohy

2015-03-31 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
On Tue 31 March 2015 09:11:54 Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:16:02AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > [1] [systemd-devel] I wonder… why systemd provokes this amount of polarity
> > and resistance:
> > 
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/thread.
> > html
> The discussion here contains a quotation about the Unix philosophy (in
> an attempt to explain how systemd follows it).  I find it summmarises
> well the way Devuan believes a Linux system should be organised:
> 
> 
> 1. Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces.
> 2. Clarity is better than cleverness.
> 3. Design programs to be connected to other programs.
> 4. Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces from engines.
> 5. Design for simplicity; add complexity only where you must.
> 6. Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration that
> nothing else will do.
> 7. Rule of Transparency: Design for visibility to make inspection and
> debugging easier.
> 8. Robustness is the child of transparency and simplicity.
> 9. Fold knowledge into data so program logic can be stupid and robust.
> 10. In interface design, always do the least surprising thing.
> 11. When a program has nothing surprising to say, it should say
> nothing.
> 12. When you must fail, fail noisily and as soon as possible.
> 13. Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to machine
> time.
> 14. Avoid hand-hacking; write programs to write programs when you can.
> 15. Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it.
> 16. Distrust all claims for “one true way”.
> 17. Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you
> think.
> 
> (see
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/023294.ht
> ml for the actual post)
> 
> -- hendrik


Jóhann B. Guðmundsson in 
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/023294.html 
asks:
> Now after you have read these more of an guidelines than actual
> philosophy I would like to hear from you where you think systemd has and
> is falling short of them during it's development phase and lifetime so I
> can better understand why people seem to be claiming it's not following
> these guidelines?

I think it's more easy to list where systemd (the project) is _not_ failing:
#3


and just maybe also on #12 (unlikely), #14, #15 - I didn't feel like checking 
just to complete the already overwhelming list of failures. I wonder how 
anybody could fail to see how systemd massively violates particularly #6 but 
also #1 #2 #5 and just recently #10 (8.8.8.8 issue).

In the end  the tone and obvious hybris and arrogance in that mail make it 
seem unlikely that answering to this guy would result in anything good. I mean 
somebody claiming that "7 years of function hijacking are hard to beat by any 
competitor that's just a init system" (paraphrased) is clearly explaining the 
issue itself as well as exposing his own complete lack to grok the issue.
There's a lot more to say about other fallacies in this mail, but I think 
everybody willing to see will not need me to point all that out.

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[Dng] Wana give a try to vdev

2015-03-31 Thread Didier Kryn

Dear Jude,

I would like to try your vdev. I plan to use a diskless embeded 
powerpc I have available for devel. I prefer that to using quemu and I 
want to keep my laptop functional h24.


I would do it in an OS built from scratch with only 3 components: 
kernel version 2.6.29, busybox and vdev. Therefore I would like to 
compile vdev and link it statically from the source. Does it seem feasible?


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Re: [Dng] Any plans to provide xinit without the systemd hacks?

2015-03-31 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:14:17AM +0200, Jaromil wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Jude Nelson wrote:
> 
> >Hey Isaac,
> >So, I'm looking at startx here:
> >*[1]http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/tree/startx.cpp
> >Where's the offending block of code?* Is it lines 191-200?
> 
> Looks like it.
> 

Yes.

Debian packaging is at:
git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-xorg/app/xinit

Maybe 
---a/startx.cpp
+++b/startx.cpp
-#ifdef __linux__
+#if defined(__linux__) && defined(HAVE_SYSTEMD)

and add a stanza to configure.ac that will check for presence of the
systemd development stuff OR --with-systemd, and if detected will add
-DHAVE_SYSTEMD to CPP_FILES_FLAGS.

(I could probably add that and see if upstream will take it...)

Or, perhaps it would be better to add a runtime check such that if logind
is running, that stuff happens.

> >Looking at the commit history
> >([2]http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/log/), it doesn't
> >look like startx sees many changes these days.* It should be easy
> >to keep a separate startx script around, if you don't want it
> >starting X on your current tty.
> 
> I think we should satisfy Isaac's request. I stopped using startx long
> ago, but I'd be also annoyed to have it starting on the launched tty,
> clearly recalling I did use startx in place of xinit mostly to not have
> it polluted.
> 
> I also cannot understand the sense of this somewhat insane thing
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit/tree/cpprules.in
> And would feel much better to know that we maintain such a script, or
> even rewrite it.

It's a snippet of makefile, presumably included somehow or other. The 
logic there seems obvious to me:

sed rules: delete lines begining with "# " and a number, or "#line"
directives; change XCOMM/XHASH to # (as imake does); and apparently
change "@@$$" to "\".

SUFFIXES and below:
let "make filename" create filename from filename.cpp by running this:
cpp ${TRADITIONALCPPFLAGS} ${CPP_FILES_FLAGS} filename.cpp | \
sed -e  >filename

HTH,
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Re: [Dng] Devuan Weekly News XVII - Where no toy has gone before

2015-03-31 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 09:15:23AM -0400, etech3 wrote:
> # Devuan Weekly News Issue XVII
> 
> __Volume 02, Week 12, Devuan Week 17__
> ### [Puppy Linux-related thoughts...][4]
> 
> Isaac Dunham started a post that there may be some guidelines from Puppy
> Linux for building a small, lightweight, fast, and relatively easy to use
> system, even for total Linux newbies. Includes a link to distrowatch.com on
> an antiX Jessie beta without systemd.
> 
> Apollia had a related post about Gobo Linux, Puppy [Linux.][5]

Correction:
Apollia was the first one to mention Puppy Linux; I replied to Apollia's
email.

Thanks,
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Re: [Dng] Devuan philosohy

2015-03-31 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:11:54 -0400
Hendrik Boom  wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 11:16:02AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > 
> > [1] [systemd-devel] I wonder… why systemd provokes this amount of
> > polarity and resistance:
> > 
> > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2014-September/thread.html
> 
> The discussion here contains a quotation about the Unix philosophy
> (in an attempt to explain how systemd follows it).  I find it
> summmarises well the way Devuan believes a Linux system should be
> organised:

Allow me to make a couple small enhancements. Please keep in mind that
I use "TS" to mean "Thin, Standard", where a standard interface is a
pipe, named pipe, fifo, socket, simply structured file, etc. When I
insert something, I'll use square brackets. When I delete something,
I'll use X{whatever deleted text}.

> 
> 
> 1. Write simple parts connected by clean 

[TS] 

> interfaces.
> 2. Clarity is better than cleverness.
> 3. Design programs to be connected to other programs 

[by TS interfaces]

[3a Connect programs only on a need to know basis, where the connected
program is purposed primarily to do what the connected program needs
done. Don't connect to a bicycle just to get a spoke.]

[3b If the connecting program, at various locations, requires various
types of services from the connected program, it might be OK to
violate 3a. This might, in some cases, justify connecting to GTk and
Qt.]

> 4. Separate policy from mechanism; separate interfaces
> from engines. 
> 5. Design for simplicity; add complexity only where you
> must. 
> 6. Write a big program only when it is clear by demonstration
> that nothing else will do.
> 7. Rule of Transparency: Design for visibility to make inspection and 
> debugging easier.
> 8. Robustness is the child of transparency and simplicity.
> 9. Fold knowledge into data so program logic can be stupid and robust.
> 10. In interface design, always do the least surprising thing.
> 11. When a program has nothing surprising to say, it should say 
> nothing.
> 12. When you must fail, fail noisily and as soon as possible.
> 13. Programmer time is expensive; conserve it in preference to
> machine time.

[13a. Unless doing so would make life slower for users and admins, in
which case your top priority should be saving time for the users and
admins.]

> 14. Avoid hand-hacking; write programs to write programs when you can.
> 15. Prototype before polishing. Get it working before you optimize it.
> 16. Distrust all claims for “one true way”.
> 17. Design for the future, because it will be here sooner than you 
> think.

I think my modifications go a long way toward rejecting faux modularity.

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[Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread wojt
Hi everyone,

I am aware of the planets names theme, nevertheless I would like to propose 
a slightly different from the galaxies approach towards the logo, namely 
highlighting the liberated character of the project and at the same time 
reference to Debian. 
The logo which utilizes the universal symbol of freedom – a bird (eagle) 
and at the same time the Debian spiral is the epitome of the whole concept of 
Devuan, it is very informative about what Devuan actually is, thus it could 
help to promote the project. Furthermore eagle is also a creature of a 'firm' 
character so to say, therefore it will add a positive connotations to Devuan. 
It will be very beneficial for the project to be promoted with a logo which has 
a clear, strong and precise symbolic message:  
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom.png
What are your thoughts on this?

Kind Regards,
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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Anto


On 31/03/15 19:27, wojt wrote:

Hi everyone,

 I am aware of the planets names theme, nevertheless I would like to 
propose a slightly different from the galaxies approach towards the logo, 
namely highlighting the liberated character of the project and at the same time 
reference to Debian.
 The logo which utilizes the universal symbol of freedom – a bird (eagle) 
and at the same time the Debian spiral is the epitome of the whole concept of 
Devuan, it is very informative about what Devuan actually is, thus it could 
help to promote the project. Furthermore eagle is also a creature of a 'firm' 
character so to say, therefore it will add a positive connotations to Devuan. 
It will be very beneficial for the project to be promoted with a logo which has 
a clear, strong and precise symbolic message:  
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom.png
What are your thoughts on this?

Kind Regards,
kvasny.


Hello Kvasny,

That looks good. But I don't think it is necessary to have Debian logo 
there. That does not look fit in my view. Does it have to be there?


Cheers,

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[Dng] [vdev] vdev tutorial

2015-03-31 Thread Jude Nelson
Hey everyone,

A few people have asked me privately how to help test vdev, for which I am
very grateful :)  It inspired me to write up a tutorial and crash course to
testing and using vdev [1].  The instructions should work in the Vagrant
image (or in Debian testing/unstable, for that matter).

Any/all comments, feedback, and pull requests welcome :)

-Jude

[1]
https://git.devuan.org/pkgs-utopia-substitution/vdev/blob/master/how-to-test.md
Also available at
https://github.com/jcnelson/vdev/blob/master/how-to-test.md
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Re: [Dng] Wana give a try to vdev

2015-03-31 Thread Jude Nelson
Hi Didier,

Thank you for offering!  I haven't tried statically linking vdev or its
helper programs yet, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.  You'll need to
tweak the vdevd and vdevd helper program makefiles (in vdevd/Makefile and
vdevd/helpers/LINUX/Makefile, respectively) to add the -static directive to
gcc.  All of the helper programs only need libc.  vdevd needs libvdev
(which can be built with make -C libvdev), but libvdev only needs libc.

Let me know how it goes?  I'll add it to the tutorial I just sent out if it
works :)

Thanks,
Jude

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Didier Kryn  wrote:

> Dear Jude,
>
> I would like to try your vdev. I plan to use a diskless embeded
> powerpc I have available for devel. I prefer that to using quemu and I want
> to keep my laptop functional h24.
>
> I would do it in an OS built from scratch with only 3 components:
> kernel version 2.6.29, busybox and vdev. Therefore I would like to compile
> vdev and link it statically from the source. Does it seem feasible?
>
> Didier
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Re: [Dng] Devuan Weekly News XVII - Where no toy has gone before

2015-03-31 Thread etech3

Thanks Isaac for the correction.




On 03/31/2015 12:59 PM, Isaac Dunham wrote:

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 09:15:23AM -0400, etech3 wrote:

# Devuan Weekly News Issue XVII

__Volume 02, Week 12, Devuan Week 17__
### [Puppy Linux-related thoughts...][4]

Isaac Dunham started a post that there may be some guidelines from Puppy
Linux for building a small, lightweight, fast, and relatively easy to use
system, even for total Linux newbies. Includes a link to distrowatch.com on
an antiX Jessie beta without systemd.

Apollia had a related post about Gobo Linux, Puppy [Linux.][5]

Correction:
Apollia was the first one to mention Puppy Linux; I replied to Apollia's
email.

Thanks,
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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 08:31:08PM +0200, Anto wrote:
> 
> On 31/03/15 19:27, wojt wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am aware of the planets names theme, nevertheless I would like to 
> > propose a slightly different from the galaxies approach towards the logo, 
> > namely highlighting the liberated character of the project and at the same 
> > time reference to Debian.
> > The logo which utilizes the universal symbol of freedom – a bird 
> > (eagle) and at the same time the Debian spiral is the epitome of the whole 
> > concept of Devuan, it is very informative about what Devuan actually is, 
> > thus it could help to promote the project. Furthermore eagle is also a 
> > creature of a 'firm' character so to say, therefore it will add a positive 
> > connotations to Devuan. It will be very beneficial for the project to be 
> > promoted with a logo which has a clear, strong and precise symbolic 
> > message:  http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom.png
> >What are your thoughts on this?
> >
> >Kind Regards,
> >kvasny.
> 
> Hello Kvasny,
> 
> That looks good. But I don't think it is necessary to have Debian
> logo there. That does not look fit in my view. Does it have to be
> there?

And if relations between us and Debian degenerate, it might end up 
being a problem.  Isn't thee Debian swirl trademarked of something?

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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Arthur Schopenhauer
 Tuesday, March 31, 2015 7:27 PM +02:00 from wojt :

>It will be very beneficial for the project to be promoted with a logo which 
>has a clear, strong and precise symbolic message:  
>http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom.pn
>What are your thoughts on this?
I agree with Anto and Hendrik, that the Debian logo shouldn't be there. It 
might be confusing to people who are not familiar with the 
Devuan/Debian/systemd problem. Ubuntu is a Debian fork, but it doesn't use the 
Debian logo, the same way that Debian doesn't use SLS or respectively the SL 
logo. I don't think that most people understand the scope of removing systemd 
from Debian, so the Debian logo might lead people to believe, that Devuan is 
just Debian with some optional packages. That should be avoided.
Another thing is the color. Personally I'd like something, that is a bit easier 
on the eyes.

I like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone would fit better?

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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Anto



On 31/03/15 21:27, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:


I like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone would fit 
better?




Green is good colour. It is an earthy (is that even a word?) colour 
which symbolises freedom. But I would prefer blue if I may choose.


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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Anto


On 31/03/15 21:36, Anto wrote:



On 31/03/15 21:27, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:


I like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone would 
fit better?




Green is good colour. It is an earthy (is that even a word?) colour 
which symbolises freedom. But I would prefer blue if I may choose.




I just double checked. Actually, blue colour symbolises freedom.

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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Svarog
Ok I will upload another version without spiral and in blue. Do you think that 
I should replace the spiral with something else (it is a top-central point of 
the logo, so something could be there), or do you think that just plain wing 
will do?

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On 31/03/15 21:36, Anto wrote:
>
>
> On 31/03/15 21:27, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:
>>
>> I like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone would 
>> fit better?
>>
>
> Green is good colour. It is an earthy (is that even a word?) colour 
> which symbolises freedom. But I would prefer blue if I may choose.
>

I just double checked. Actually, blue colour symbolises freedom.

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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Perseo
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I like the logo but like others I think should not bear the Debian logo.

It may be trite but, why not a Fenix? IMHO, Devuan is the resurgence
of many things and ideals. My three cents.

Best regards.

El 31/03/15 a las 11:27, wojt escribió:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am aware of the planets names theme, nevertheless I would like to
> propose a slightly different from the galaxies approach towards the
> logo, namely highlighting the liberated character of the project
> and at the same time reference to Debian. The logo which utilizes
> the universal symbol of freedom – a bird (eagle) and at the same
> time the Debian spiral is the epitome of the whole concept of
> Devuan, it is very informative about what Devuan actually is, thus
> it could help to promote the project. Furthermore eagle is also a
> creature of a 'firm' character so to say, therefore it will add a
> positive connotations to Devuan. It will be very beneficial for the
> project to be promoted with a logo which has a clear, strong and
> precise symbolic message:
> http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom.png 
> What are your thoughts on this?
> 
> Kind Regards, kvasny. 
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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Didier Kryn
I support without the swirl, which Debian might find provocative in 
a time when relations are not so good. I like it red. Do we need symbols 
everywhere, down to the colour? I prefer a beautifull colour, even if it 
doesn't contain a symbol. Also blue is not very good since backgrounds 
and wallpapers are often blue.


Didier

Le 31/03/2015 22:07, Perseo a écrit :

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I like the logo but like others I think should not bear the Debian logo.

It may be trite but, why not a Fenix? IMHO, Devuan is the resurgence
of many things and ideals. My three cents.

Best regards.

El 31/03/15 a las 11:27, wojt escribió:

Hi everyone,

I am aware of the planets names theme, nevertheless I would like to
propose a slightly different from the galaxies approach towards the
logo, namely highlighting the liberated character of the project
and at the same time reference to Debian. The logo which utilizes
the universal symbol of freedom – a bird (eagle) and at the same
time the Debian spiral is the epitome of the whole concept of
Devuan, it is very informative about what Devuan actually is, thus
it could help to promote the project. Furthermore eagle is also a
creature of a 'firm' character so to say, therefore it will add a
positive connotations to Devuan. It will be very beneficial for the
project to be promoted with a logo which has a clear, strong and
precise symbolic message:
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom.png
What are your thoughts on this?

Kind Regards, kvasny.
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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Svarog
Hi all,
I uploaded a different version: 
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom_blue1.png

Kind Regards,
kvasny

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Ok I will upload another version without spiral and in blue. Do you think that 
I should replace the spiral with something else (it is a top-central point of 
the logo, so something could be there), or do you think that just plain wing 
will do?

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On 31/03/15 21:36, Anto wrote:
>
>
> On 31/03/15 21:27, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:
>>
>> I like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone would 
>> fit better?
>>
>
> Green is good colour. It is an earthy (is that even a word?) colour 
> which symbolises freedom. But I would prefer blue if I may choose.
>

I just double checked. Actually, blue colour symbolises freedom.

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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Svarog
Hi all, 
here is few other colour variants: 
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom_purple.png
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom_pink.png
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom_blue1.png
I decided not to put anything on the wing as in small format it will not be 
clearly visible anyway. I like the purple one :-)

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Hi all,
I uploaded a different version: 
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom_blue1.png

Kind Regards,
kvasny

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Ok I will upload another version without spiral and in blue. Do you think that 
I should replace the spiral with something else (it is a top-central point of 
the logo, so something could be there), or do you think that just plain wing 
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On 31/03/15 21:36, Anto wrote:
>
>
> On 31/03/15 21:27, Arthur Schopenhauer wrote:
>>
>> I like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone would 
>> fit better?
>>
>
> Green is good colour. It is an earthy (is that even a word?) colour 
> which symbolises freedom. But I would prefer blue if I may choose.
>

I just double checked. Actually, blue colour symbolises freedom.

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Re: [Dng] This has GOT to be an April Fools joke

2015-03-31 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2015 31 Mar 10:30 -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> I think he was probably envisioning Redhat creating a from-scratch
> kernel. This would further differentiate Redhat, and would lock their
> users into Redhat. I think Nate's point is Redhat's scared to do that
> until Redhat has everyone ensnared in their hard-to-remove obfuscation
> code (otherwise known as systemd).

No, I meant exactly what I wrote.  Sure, the Linux kernel and its
patches will be licensed GPLv2 and housed in a repository somewhere and
people can download it, compile it, patch it, etc.  However, the new
Win10 certified hardware will require "trust", AIUI, and that may well
mean that only properly signed kernels will be "trusted" and will only
be available as a binary blob from a certified vendor.  It's not a far
stretch to see how this reaches into userland where systemd can be
uniquely positioned due to its all in one nature to continue the chain
of "trust" through to the desktop.

> Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean Redhat isn't out to get me.

To me "trust" is a euphemism for the cartels divvying up the pie.

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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:38:59PM +0200, Svarog wrote:
> Hi all,
> I uploaded a different version: 
> http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/File:Devuan_Freedom_blue1.png
> 
> Kind Regards,
> kvasny

That looks nice!
(yes, that's including the color)

Thanks,
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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Go Linux
This logo bike-shedding is getting rather out of control.  Yes, it's a very 
nice looking graphic.  But as the OP noted, it is not in sync with the release 
naming scheme of minor planets.  So IMO this whole discussion may be a nice 
distraction but pointless flooding of the email list.  Now if it were Hubble or 
some recognizable space object instead of a raptor . . . h . . .

golinux



On Tue, 3/31/15, Svarog  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo
 To: "Anto" 
 Cc: dng@lists.dyne.org
 Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 3:03 PM
 
 Ok I will upload another
 version without spiral and in blue. Do you think that I
 should replace the spiral with something else (it is a
 top-central point of the logo, so something could be there),
 or do you think that just plain wing will do?
 
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 On 31/03/15 21:36, Anto
 wrote:
 >
 >
 > On 31/03/15 21:27, Arthur Schopenhauer
 wrote:
 >>
 >> I
 like the eagle as a symbol though. Maybe a nice green tone
 would 
 >> fit better?
 >>
 >
 > Green is good colour. It is an earthy (is
 that even a word?) colour 
 > which
 symbolises freedom. But I would prefer blue if I may
 choose.
 >
 
 I just double checked. Actually, blue colour
 symbolises freedom.
 
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Re: [Dng] This has GOT to be an April Fools joke

2015-03-31 Thread Vlad
Big deal, I will just run Windows in a VM then, although imo by the time they 
'obsolete' 7 MS will probably be irrelevant.
Red Hat's way of doing things annoys me more  and more, but they are far from 
the only corporate fish in the Linux ocean, HP, IBM, Oracle, VMWare and Google 
and quite a few others will probably not be happy if RedHat goes full M$, and 
those are just the tip of the iceberg.
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Re: [Dng] Freedom Logo

2015-03-31 Thread Svarog


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This logo bike-shedding is getting rather out of control.  Yes, it's a very 
nice looking graphic.  But as the OP noted, it is not in sync with the release 
naming scheme of minor planets.  So IMO this whole discussion may be a nice 
distraction but pointless flooding of the email list.  Now if it were Hubble or 
some recognizable space object instead of a raptor . . . h . . .

golinux


Well, it does not sync with the planet scheme, but for example ubuntu logo has 
nothing in common with their code naming scheme, debian logo has very little in 
common with debian release names, etc, so it does not seem to be an issue. 
Nevertheless the eagle logo is not totally out of context here like in the case 
of the abovementioned or gentoo logo or others. It shouts out loudly: Firmness 
and Freedom, what makes it a pretty adequate symbol.
There are four versions by the way: blue, pink, purple and torquoise. The 
debian spiral is removed.

Kind Regards,
kvasny
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