Re: [Dng] About Devuan's audience

2015-02-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 17/02/2015 01:23, Isaac Dunham a écrit : But shell scripts can be written well, and writing a shell script to solve a problem beats writing a custom config to handle how one tool does it, and then not being able to apply that to another platform... or an older version of the same distro. A

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Stefan Ott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 02/15/2015 08:50 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > Doesn't Enlightenment have a display manager, and isn't systemd > optional for Enlightenment? -Jonathan I've been using "slim" for logging in (on Gentoo / FreeBSD ever since my escape from Debian) and i

Re: [Dng] Important changes in Linux 3.20 (4.0?)

2015-02-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:15:14PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote: > > On February 16, 2015 at 8:25 PM Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 07:34:57PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote: > > > > “Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.” > > > ― Edmund Burke > > > > > > Peter Olson >

Re: [Dng] About Devuan's audience

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:32:28 -0500 Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 06:41:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:36:19 -0600 > > Vince Mulhollon wrote: > > > > > > > There shouldn't be any "tweaking" for a desktop. This whole bad > > > idea comes from marketing

Re: [Dng] pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:46:16 -0500 Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 19:41:52 +0100 > Svante Signell wrote: > > Hi, it is a little slow without hardware acceleration: -enable-kvm > > is the solution here if you have recent Intel/AMD CPUs. > > Oh, *that's* why it was so slow. Cool, l

Re: [Dng] About Devuan's audience

2015-02-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:19:27AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 20:32:28 -0500 > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 06:41:06PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:36:19 -0600 > > > Vince Mulhollon wrote: > > > > > > > > > > There shouldn't be

[Dng] The value of good docs: was pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:52:12 + KatolaZ wrote: > Hi guys, > > a few simple steps to have Devuan-pre-alpha-valentine installed and > running on qemu: > > 0)# wget > "http://mirror.debianfork.org/devuan-jessie-i386-xfce-prealpha-valentine.iso"; > > 1)$ apt-get install qemu-kvm > > 2)$ qemu-

Re: [Dng] The value of good docs: was pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread Gravis
> A document that makes installation and use trivial, and makes it > simple, is worth its weight in gold. the instructions dont actually weigh anything so saying it's worth it's weight in gold is saying they aren't worth anything. ;) --Gravis On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:

Re: [Dng] The value of good docs: was pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread Didier Kryn
    Was probably based on deprecated printed-doc time philosophy ;-)     Didier Le 17/02/2015 17:57, Gravis a écrit : > A document that makes installation and use trivial, and makes it > simple, is worth its weight in gold.

Re: [Dng] Dng Digest, Vol 5, Issue 81

2015-02-17 Thread David Harrison
There's a counter-argument that, while being read and digested, the instructions occupy a significant part of the human brain, which weighs in at ~1.5kg, the gold price for which weight is currently around USD 58,000. Then again this attention is temporary so the worth will be too. Next up, how

[Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=119836 !! did anyone have a clue that this has already been done? i didn't!! :) why is this stuff so hard to find?? l. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Go Linux
On Tue, 2/17/15, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: Subject: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0 To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 11:49 AM > http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=119836 > !!  did anyone have a clue that this has alr

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:36:00 + Jaromil wrote: > > re all, > > Here is a pre-alpha sneak preview of Devuan at the current state of > affairs. [snip] > http://mirror.debianfork.org/devuan-jessie-i386-xfce-prealpha-valentine.iso Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!! This is very encouraging, a

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Richard
Actually Dragan posted the link on 8-Jan-2015 in this list. They are well along in removing systemd. The image was an easy install on my desktop at home. But I've been away with only 2 AA1 netbooks and an S2. Problem is most of their devs only speak Serbian. Their development is somewhat, more o

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Richard
PS: their ISO is 64 bit only which eliminates my currently accesible equipment. RH On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Richard wrote: > Actually Dragan posted the link on 8-Jan-2015 in this list. > > They are well along in removing systemd. > The image was an easy install on my desktop at home. >

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 14 Feb 2015 21:36:00 + Jaromil wrote: > > re all, > > Here is a pre-alpha sneak preview of Devuan at the current state of > affairs. Jaromil, This couldn't have come at a better moment! Right now, the remnants of the Debian-User mailing list are declaring victory, and yelling th

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Dragan FOSS
>Author: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton >Date: 2015-02-17 18:49 +100 >To: dng >Subject: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0 >http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=119836 > >!! did anyone have a clue that this has already been done? i >didn't!! :) why is this stuff so

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Go Linux wrote: > On Tue, 2/17/15, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > > Subject: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0 > To: dng@lists.dyne.org > Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 11:49 AM > >> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
And yet I find it telling that none has so far answered Luke's question as to why they are not bothered about the recent changes and direction as he is. Was it bad for me to presume that no one would answer? - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. Th

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:28:28 -0600 Nate Bargmann wrote: > And yet I find it telling that none has so far answered Luke's > question as to why they are not bothered about the recent changes and > direction as he is. Was it bad for me to presume that no one would > answer? > > - Nate Nate, could

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Neo Futur
> Nate, could you please summarize Luke's question? I haven't been able > to completely read any of his posts. its more than just a question, but you probably want : https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/02/msg00695.html ( that I just added to my systemd vault list of important links to read

Re: [Dng] The value of good docs: was pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:36:38AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: [cut] > > Then KatolaZ exactly documented the four steps to installation, and I > said "I can do that in my sleep, while doing other work!" So I did it, > and it worked (although slowly because -enable-kvm wasn't in the > commands). Kat

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 04:41:12PM -0500, Neo Futur wrote: > > Nate, could you please summarize Luke's question? I haven't been able > > to completely read any of his posts. > its more than just a question, but you probably want : > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/02/msg00695.html > >

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:41:12 -0500 Neo Futur wrote: > > Nate, could you please summarize Luke's question? I haven't been > > able to completely read any of his posts. > its more than just a question, but you probably want : > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/02/msg00695.html The prec

Re: [Dng] The value of good docs: was pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:48:02 + KatolaZ wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:36:38AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > Then KatolaZ exactly documented the four steps to installation, and > > I said "I can do that in my sleep, while doing other work!" So I > > did it, and it worked

[Dng] Question about properly splitting packages

2015-02-17 Thread Isaac Dunham
Hello, I've got a question about how to split a library package so it works well with multiarch. The source package in question is libsysdev. When properly configured, it installs roughly the following files: /usr/lib/*/libsysdev.so.0.0 (and symlinks) /usr/lib/*/libsysdev.a /usr/lib/*/p

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2015 17 Feb 16:48 -0600, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:41:12 -0500 > Neo Futur wrote: > > > > Nate, could you please summarize Luke's question? I haven't been > > > able to completely read any of his posts. > > its more than just a question, but you probably want : > > > > http

Re: [Dng] Please!! revive Bastille hardening tool for Devuan - Conflict of Interest

2015-02-17 Thread Noel Torres
On Thursday, 12 de February de 2015 18:28:15 Usspookes Lovesystemd escribió: > Why? Bastille is/was great. > > It didn't change, the rug was pulled out from underneath it. > Who would have thought routines in TK and ncurses would be > Dpreeeciattteedd!!! (gay voice of the SJWers) I'll put it

Re: [Dng] The value of good docs: was pre-alpha-valentine on qemu

2015-02-17 Thread Jaromil
hey thanks everyone I actually didnt know the --enable-kvm Switch was such an improvement :-) this will make the development process snappier feedback on how the pre alpha feels is welcome, we shall work on making a few things better, looking fwd to dimkr input if we can already get around login

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Jaromil
TRIOS is a great effort. I personally use zfs in production and approve their technical choices including openrc which I believe to be a good candidate for Devuan's future too. with Devuan we will keep the focus of matching Debian as much as possible for the 1.0, yet I look forward to Dragan's

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Jaromil
On February 17, 2015 10:41:12 PM GMT+01:00, Neo Futur wrote: >> Nate, could you please summarize Luke's question? I haven't been able >> to completely read any of his posts. >its more than just a question, but you probably want : > >https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/02/msg00695.html > >(

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Donkey Saplot
Ouch, was this necessary in anyway ? (If anything, it's disappointing to me. Let's act like adults...) Donkey Saplot On 2015-02-17 18:23, Steve Litt wrote: > Right now, the remnants of the Debian-User mailing list are declaring > victory, and yelling their usual counter-revolutionary rhetoric.

Re: [Dng] trios already packaging openrc and removed libsystemd0

2015-02-17 Thread Clarke Sideroad
On 02/17/15 20:17, Jaromil wrote: TRIOS is a great effort. I personally use zfs in production and approve their technical choices including openrc which I believe to be a good candidate for Devuan's future too. with Devuan we will keep the focus of matching Debian as much as possible for the

[Dng] Devuan Weekly News XII

2015-02-17 Thread Noel Torres
# Devuan Weekly News Issue XII __Volume 002, Week 7, Devuan Week 12__ https://git.devuan.org/Envite/devuan-weekly-news/wikis/past-issues/volume-002/issue-012 ## Editorial __Hit a Wall? Here's a Ladder__ An uneasy wind blew fetid laments of arrogance and ivory towering. These accusations are

Re: [Dng] pre alpha valentine (secret love declaration)

2015-02-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:40:43 -0600 Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2015 17 Feb 16:48 -0600, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:41:12 -0500 > > Neo Futur wrote: > > > > > > Nate, could you please summarize Luke's question? I haven't been > > > > able to completely read any of his posts. >