Re: Devuan

2014-12-03 Thread Kevin Chadwick
On Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:28:38 + ubuntu-devel-discuss-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com wrote: > There > is no requirement in Debian to use systemd as the init system. I may be out of date as I have lost interest in Debian but believe the concerning difference of devuan is that Debian has m

Re: Devuan

2014-12-03 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Diego Germán Gonzalez wrote: > El 02/12/14 a las 08:12, Tom H escibió: >> >> Why would Ubuntu give its users a choice of init now when it hasn't in the >> past? > > Why use Unity when we always use Gnome? > Why use LibreOffice when we always use OpenOffice? > Why us

Re: Devuan

2014-12-03 Thread Jamie Strandboge
On 12/02/2014 04:24 AM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Stephen P. Villano [2014-12-02 5:11 -0500]: >> Personally, I prefer SElinux to polkit > > You know that these two have pretty much nothing in common, right? > Perhaps you meant "SELinux over AppArmor"? > > Indeed that's another example where Debian of

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 02.12.2014 11:11, Stephen P. Villano wrote: > Personally, I prefer SElinux to polkit, but such isn't part of the Dont they play in entirely different areas ? I just started to care about polkit, when began doing weird things and causing network-manager to break (more precise: the gnome fronte

smtp blacklisting [WAS: Re: Devuan]

2014-12-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
Some time ago, I observed even major ISPs being blacklisted in some spamfilter appliance network (just forgot its name ;-o), where I'm *pretty* sure that they're not spamming (I know these guys personally, and they're quite professional, compared to other companies of this size) - and there was n

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
On 02.12.2014 11:24, Martin Pitt wrote: Hi folks, > Indeed that's another example where Debian offers a choice but Ubuntu > doesn't -- we examine the alternatives, pick one, and support nothing > else. (cf. combinatorial explosion and efficient maintenance and > support). by the way: could anybo

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
Heya, On 2 December 2014 at 11:57, Diego Germán Gonzalez wrote: > El 02/12/14 a las 08:12, Tom H escibió: >> >> Why would Ubuntu give its users a choice of init now when it hasn't in the >> past? >> >> -- > > Why use Unity when we always use Gnome? > Why use LibreOffice when we always use OpenOff

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Dimitri John Ledkov
y ? >>> Yes, it will be. As Scott and others have already pointed out, Ubuntu >>> never offered a choice of init systems, and doesn't plan on doing so. >> Okay, thanks for the clear statement. >> >> So we don't have to bother w/ Ubuntu anymore at all

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Diego Germán Gonzalez
El 02/12/14 a las 08:12, Tom H escibió: Why would Ubuntu give its users a choice of init now when it hasn't in the past? -- Why use Unity when we always use Gnome? Why use LibreOffice when we always use OpenOffice? Why use Mir when we always use Xorg and all the rest will use Wayland? Again, I

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:55 AM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote: > On 01.12.2014 19:15, Tom H wrote: >> >> Especially after deciding a few months ago to switch to systemd! > > By the way: is it then be mandatory ? Why would Ubuntu give its users a choice of init now when it hasn't in the p

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Stephen P. Villano
On 12/2/14 5:24 AM, Martin Pitt wrote: > Stephen P. Villano [2014-12-02 5:11 -0500]: >> Personally, I prefer SElinux to polkit > You know that these two have pretty much nothing in common, right? > Perhaps you meant "SELinux over AppArmor"? > > Indeed that's another example where Debian offers a

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Stephen P. Villano
On 12/2/14 5:26 AM, Mehboob Nazim wrote: > dear all, > > > i have a marketing server for office use and based linux.Now i need to > change the smtp ip address for a time being because last ip has been > blacklisted.. > > > kindly share me idea.. > > > Erm, first, find out *why* your server was

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Mehboob Nazim
already pointed out, Ubuntu > >> never offered a choice of init systems, and doesn't plan on doing so. > > Okay, thanks for the clear statement. > > > > So we don't have to bother w/ Ubuntu anymore at all (besides migrating > > away), we can concentrate on

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Martin Pitt
Stephen P. Villano [2014-12-02 5:11 -0500]: > Personally, I prefer SElinux to polkit You know that these two have pretty much nothing in common, right? Perhaps you meant "SELinux over AppArmor"? Indeed that's another example where Debian offers a choice but Ubuntu doesn't -- we examine the alter

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Stephen P. Villano
buntu >> never offered a choice of init systems, and doesn't plan on doing so. > Okay, thanks for the clear statement. > > So we don't have to bother w/ Ubuntu anymore at all (besides migrating > away), we can concentrate on Devuan. (eg. getting rid of polkit etc). > T

Re: Devuan

2014-12-02 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
plan on doing so. Okay, thanks for the clear statement. So we don't have to bother w/ Ubuntu anymore at all (besides migrating away), we can concentrate on Devuan. (eg. getting rid of polkit etc). The only blocker right now is Zimbra, which is currently not packaged for Debian yet - but as we&#

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Martin Pitt
Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult [2014-12-02 7:55 +0100]: > By the way: is it then be mandatory ? Yes, it will be. As Scott and others have already pointed out, Ubuntu never offered a choice of init systems, and doesn't plan on doing so. This just introduces complexity, combinatorial testing expl

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult
in other places (eg. get rid of cups stuff). In case of Ubuntu will force me to use systemd, I wont invest any resources here (also never again rollout Ubuntu for my customers), instead fully concentrate on Devuan. cu -- Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consulting +49-151-27565287 -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Michael Hall
It's fairly impossible, at this point in time, to have a discuss about Devuan without it also being a discussion about systemd, that is the raison d'etat for it's existence. If they can get it off the ground and produce a stable, sustainable distribution, then that might change

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Cameron Whiting
It's in its initial phases; we're capable of many options; we've forked many things in the past. It's not about a holy war between versions, it's not about a dislike of a topic, it's simply something that can either be discussed or ignored. One can either contribute their opinion or leave it be, le

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
so many negative reactions. > It is not the first time that Ubuntu takes a fork (libreoffice, libav) > and I think that negative reactions as exaggerated discourage > participation of users The only reason Devuan exists is some people "don't like" for a large value of &quo

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Diego Germán Gonzalez
El 01/12/14 a las 15:45, Michael Hall escibió: Please do keep an eye on Devuan's development, and participate in it if you are interested in the direction they are taking. But I think we can all agree that it is*far* too early to start thinking about rebase-ing off of it. I only seek to comment

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Michael Hall
On 12/01/2014 09:22 AM, Diego Germán Gonzalez wrote: > I just learned of the launch of Devuan > https://devuan.org/ > A fork of Debian which eliminates the requirement to use systemd, and > promises to build a less bureaucratic and more friendly community > towards the derived dist

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Michael Hall
your high horse. > > -Original Message- > From: ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com > [mailto:ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott > Kitterman > Sent: 01 December 2014 18:03 > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: R

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Diego Germán Gonzalez wrote: > > I just learned of the launch of Devuan > https://devuan.org/ > A fork of Debian which eliminates the requirement to use systemd, and > promises to build a less bureaucratic and more friendly community towards > t

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
oun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott > Kitterman > Sent: 01 December 2014 18:03 > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Devuan > > As I explained, it's not relevant. I get you think it is. I disagree. The > mail (since you care to debate it) is

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
off-topic just because you don't like the idea, so > > please, get off your high horse. > > A distro is much more than a bit of code. Devuan uses systemD it as an > excuse to create a more open, less bureaucratic and more friendly to the > derivative distrio community. > Anyway D

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Diego Germán Gonzalez
future - that is completely relevant and completely acceptable content to post - you have zero right to come down on him and accuse him of being off-topic just because you don't like the idea, so please, get off your high horse. A distro is much more than a bit of code. Devuan uses systemD it

RE: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Alexander Hanff
-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott Kitterman Sent: 01 December 2014 18:03 To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Devuan As I explained, it's not relevant. I get you think it is. I disagree. The mail (since you care to debate it) is also based on a false premise. There is no r

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
Message- > From: ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com > [mailto:ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott > Kitterman > Sent: 01 December 2014 17:42 > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Devuan > > On Monday, December 01,

RE: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Alexander Hanff
Ubuntu in the future. -Original Message- From: ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-devel-discuss-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Scott Kitterman Sent: 01 December 2014 17:42 To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Devuan On Monday, Decembe

Re: Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Monday, December 01, 2014 11:22:22 AM Diego Germán Gonzalez wrote: > I just learned of the launch of Devuan > https://devuan.org/ > A fork of Debian which eliminates the requirement to use systemd, and > promises to build a less bureaucratic and more friendly community > towa

Devuan

2014-12-01 Thread Diego Germán Gonzalez
I just learned of the launch of Devuan https://devuan.org/ A fork of Debian which eliminates the requirement to use systemd, and promises to build a less bureaucratic and more friendly community towards the derived distros Will have to see how the project evolves, but if they do not be a bad