On 09/17/2017 04:05 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 17 Sep 2017 05:27:19 +0100 > KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 04:07:01PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:49:35PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: >>>> Just a guess: A rolling-release Devuan wouldn't be especially >>>> popular. >>> Isn't Devuan testing a rolling release? >>> >> No, it's not, and luckily so. >> >> There are already sans-systemd distro using a rolling-release scheme, >> and I can't see a single reason why Devuan should even consider going >> in that direction. > I agree 100%.
I have revised my thoughts slightly, maybe everything but stable whenever I decide to... >> If they are not enough, then anybody is free to >> start working on a new one. >> >> One of the characteristic strengths of Devuan is the fact that you >> know a stable branch won't fail you, > I agree wholeheartedly. Yep I am not denying that. >> and that a testing branch will be >> much more stable than most of the "stable" distros out there. You >> simply can't guarantee this level of stability with a rolling >> release. > This is true, as I've found in Void Linux, which is the most reliable > rolling release I've ever tried. Don't get me started on Arch and > Manjaro. Arch is the worst sadly... I bet it would work better with a debian based stability though... merely because installing arch is where I seem to find my problems... >> In many typical Devuan use cases (mission-critical services, >> for instance), you absolutely don't want the latest "upgrade" of a >> package, because you can't afford any random upgrade to break your >> system, even temporarily. > Yes. Why is that so hard to understand? > > There are some cases when it's easiest and perhaps best to trust that > the latest update will always work. But in other situations, you > prioritize stability, and that's the space Devuan fills. I haven't replied for a while. but yeah your probably right. Devuan is better as is. I would definitely though that being said, hope to make a not pure rolling release, but one with a stability in the middle of stable and testing, and then one for unstable and experimental... But I will most likely stop replying for a while since this thread seems to get clogged. > SteveT > > Steve Litt > September 2017 featured book: Manager's Guide to Technical > Troubleshooting Brand new, second edition > http://www.troubleshooters.com/mgr > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
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