On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 19:26:49 -0400, Steve wrote in message <20190706192649.246fd...@mydesk.domain.cxm>:
> My feeling that sysvinit is not in safe hands in the Debian project > isn't based on the quality of sysvinit or its components. As a matter > of fact, I never noticed any bugs or weird stuff with sysvinit during > the 13 years I used sysvinit as my daily driver init (with occasional > forays into upstart and daemontools). My feeling is based on: > > 1) Corporate profit motive for keeping systemd the only init in town. ..that's the only motive in town? ;o) ;oD https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot#What_is_UEFI_Secure_Boot_NOT.3F .."why not put UEFI on armel, armhf, arm64 etc hardware?" ;oD https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/arm64/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/armel/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/armhf/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/mips/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/mips64el/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/mipsel/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ppc64el/release-notes/ https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/s390x/release-notes/ > 2) The (insert your own noun epithet) of "FreeDesktop.Org". > > 3) Systemd's technological ability to sabotage all attempts at > alt-initting a computer. > > 4) The huge moving-target workload necessary because of #3. ..found my lan mirror messed up on last night's Debian Buster release as "stable" moving Stretch to oldstable etc, my quick skim found these gems: https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#postgresql-reindex https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes https://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/2019/03/msg00030.html ...from: https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/index.en.html ..another motive in town?: 5.3.7. evolution-ews has been dropped, AND EMAIL INBOXES USING EXCHANGE, OFFICE365 OR OUTLOOK SERVER WILL BE REMOVED: https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#evolution-and-exchange https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926712#19 ..5.3.8. Calamares installer leaves disk encryption keys readable: https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#calamares-creates-readable-key ..workaround limits that readability to the TSA et al? ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
