Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-22 Thread transmail
> Most of the other init systems arent actually maintained either. Upstart > was dropped by Canonical and OpenRC and runit are merely moving along. > Its > just too much of a big effort trying to keep up when the rest of the Linux > plumberland is moving so quickly. Most of them? Then there are

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/22/2016 12:09 PM, transmail wrote: >> If the people who invested all the time and effort to set up websites like >> 'without-systemd.org' actually took that energy to pick up the sysvinit >> maintainership and start fixing the almost 400 issues the packages >> has [2], these people would

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-22 Thread transmail
> Compiling a package from source is not maintaining it. Maintaining a package > means that there is someone who is looking after bugs and regressions and > fixing them. I have never said i am gonna maintain it. I just want to install and use it. > There is no maintainer for sysvinit anymore

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 12/22/2016 08:57 AM, transmail wrote: > Okay, thanks for warning me. If the binary support will be dropped, > then i can still compile it manually. Compiling a package from source is not maintaining it. Maintaining a package means that there is someone who is looking after bugs and regressions

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-21 Thread transmail
Hi! Okay, thanks for warning me. If the binary support will be dropped, then i can still compile it manually. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz írta: >Hello! > >On 12/21/2016 08:02 PM, transmail wrote: >> Thanks, that sounds great. I also dont want to start to argue, i

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On 12/21/2016 08:02 PM, transmail wrote: > Thanks, that sounds great. I also don't want to start to argue, i just asked, > if i have the choice. If you're curious about the reasons behind the "hate", > then > visit without-systemd.org. Please just be aware that sysvinit is unmaintained,

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-21 Thread transmail
Thanks, that sounds great. I also dont want to start to argue, i just asked, if i have the choice. If youre curious about the reasons behind the "hate", then visit without-systemd.org. James Clarke írta: >Hi, >> >> On 21 Dec 2016, at 13:36, transmail

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-21 Thread James Clarke
Hi, > > On 21 Dec 2016, at 13:36, transmail wrote: > > Hi. > > I just would like to know, if the Sparc64 port of Debian 9 will > support my XVR500 card in my Sun Blade 100 The kernel's config has CONFIG_FB_XVR500=y (as well as 2500 and 1000), so I assume yes. > and

XVR500 and SysVInit

2016-12-21 Thread transmail
Hi. I just would like to know, if the Sparc64 port of Debian 9 will support my XVR500 card in my Sun Blade 100 and also i would like to know, that if there will be SysVInit in the binary repos, so i can just replace systemd with SysVInit. - TCH