On July 19, 2015 6:52:28 PM CEST, "T.J. Duchene" <t.j.duch...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, everyone! =) > >With all this discussion about changes, I'd like to make sure that the >UNIX guru/programmer is represented. I've mentioned this before, and I >hate repetition - BUT - I feel it is important enough that it should be >stated separately so that it is not overlooked. All this discussion >about replacing defaults concerns me that someone might inadvertently >break some standards that they are unfamiliar with. Yes, before anyone >says anything, I already know that Linux does not entirely comply with >POSIX standards, and deliberately breaks it in places. > >I just do not want to see any "Linuxisms" and breakage compounded >further. Systemd everywhere is bad enough. When I say that, I am not >saying that Systemd breaks POSIX. It technically doesn't. It does, >however, break scripts on occasion; in spite of arguments by the >systemd developers that does not. I'm hoping that Devuan does not make >similar mistakes while moving in a different direction. > >I do not think anyone cares WHAT the default changed to is as long as >Devuan has vi and other "old school" tools installed by default to >comply with the POSIX standard. > >Thanks and have a wonderful day! > >T.J. > >_______________________________________________ >Dng mailing list >Dng@lists.dyne.org >https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
All changes are evaluated only if they will make devuan equally or more posix/unix compliant, not less. -- nextime _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
