Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Roger Leigh
On 15/08/2015 00:19, James Powell wrote: Slackware is maintained by 3 core people with extra help as needed. The rest of the packages are pushed by the community at large contributing. Devuan doesn't have to maintain every package possible. That's ludicrous to think so. Debian got in over its he

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Roger Leigh
On 15/08/2015 05:38, Isaac Dunham wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 02:42:14PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 02:02:22PM +0200, Didier Kryn wrote: Seems to me there's something weird, both, in libreoffice depending on just one single version of libstdc++, and in libklabxm

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Roger Leigh
On 15/08/2015 05:57, T.J. Duchene wrote: On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:38:35 -0700 Isaac Dunham wrote: To elaborate on this, GCC 5.1 (I think) has changed the ABI for C++11 support. Packages using C++11 need to be rebuilt with the new library; libreoffice has already been rebuilt, but not KDE. Th

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread James Powell
My $0.02... Shims are not needed, or, in my viewpoint, wanted. You're still working with systemd or pseudo-systemd and either way you see it, it's still systemd. While the prospect of systemd-shim does allow to separate the API layer and logind out from the core project, as uselessd allowed the

[DNG] [hai...@histomat.net: Re: Alpha2 without desktop environment]

2015-08-15 Thread Haines Brown
I reiinstalled (avoiding past missteps), to a console, and from it installed xorg and fluxbox. I then ran xstart from console and all went well. With one exception. I'm in what looks like VGA mode with large crude characters. It seems a problem (or symptom) is that installation did not create a /e

[DNG] Using apt pinning to block systemd in DEVUAN 64 bit

2015-08-15 Thread Edward Bartolo
I tried to install xfce4-power-manager which tried to pull in systemd. Does it harm my new installation of DEVUAN to use apt pinning to block packages like libsystemd0 and systemd? ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-

Re: [DNG] Using apt pinning to block systemd in DEVUAN 64 bit

2015-08-15 Thread Anto
On 15/08/15 13:53, Edward Bartolo wrote: I tried to install xfce4-power-manager which tried to pull in systemd. Does it harm my new installation of DEVUAN to use apt pinning to block packages like libsystemd0 and systemd? Hello Edward, Since months ago I always have /etc/apt/preferences.d/0

[DNG] Stupid LVM conflict resolved

2015-08-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 05:15:44PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: > On 15/08/15 16:54, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 03:21:47PM +1200, Daniel Reurich wrote: > >>On 15/08/15 14:47, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> > > Don't forget to do `update-initramfs -u -k all` and `update-grub`

[DNG] systemd files found in fresh devuan alpha2 install.

2015-08-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
After a clean install of devuan from the alpha2 iso using a USB stick my system is running properly, with xfce and an unknown display manager. The only packages I asked to install were ones from dselect in the installer, and very few of those. Beyond the defaults, I asked for xfce. There does ap

[DNG] Correction: Re: systemd files found in fresh devuan alpha2 install.

2015-08-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
I accidentally checked for systemd using aptitude on the wrong system. There are actually a lot more systemd packages. On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 08:58:46AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > After a clean install of devuan from the alpha2 iso using a USB stick > my system is running properly, with xfce an

Re: [DNG] Correction: Re: systemd files found in fresh devuan alpha2 install.

2015-08-15 Thread Riccardo Boninsegna
Il 15/ago/2015 03:05 PM, "Hendrik Boom" ha scritto: > There are still a few systemd-related packages iinstalled: > > libpam-systemd > systemd > systemd-shim > libsystemd0 > Is this normal? Yes (for now), and you can easily remove all of them, except libsystemd0, with no issues If you use the ver

Re: [DNG] Using apt pinning to block systemd in DEVUAN 64 bit

2015-08-15 Thread Anto
On 15/08/15 14:39, Edward Bartolo wrote: What is the purpose of: Package: init Pin: origin "" Pin-Priority: -1 Thanks. Hello Edward, As far as I understood, the init package was developed to allow smoother transition of Debian default init from sysvinit to systemd. As sysvinit was an es

Re: [DNG] Using apt pinning to block systemd in DEVUAN 64 bit

2015-08-15 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 03:33:31PM +0200, Anto wrote: > On 15/08/15 14:39, Edward Bartolo wrote: > >What is the purpose of: > > > >Package: init > >Pin: origin "" > >Pin-Priority: -1 > > As far as I understood, the init package was developed to allow smoother > transition of Debian default init fr

Re: [DNG] Using apt pinning to block systemd in DEVUAN 64 bit

2015-08-15 Thread Anto
On 15/08/15 15:53, Edward Bartolo wrote: So, init was transitional. Thanks. Yes. It was. But now it is an essential package in both Debian and Devuan. I am not sure what is the purpose of that for Devuan. But according to the discussion some time ago, it looks like it is to keep the optio

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Go Linux
On Fri, 8/14/15, Steve Litt wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims To: dng@lists.dyne.org Date: Friday, August 14, 2015, 7:26 PM On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:49:17 -0700 Go Linux wrote: > On Fri, 8/14/15, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > Subject: Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims > To: dng@lists.dyne.org >

Re: [DNG] Alpha2 without desktop environment

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:25:06 -0700 Isaac Dunham wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 07:01:11AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > The aim is to boot to a console prompt, log in as root, install > > xorg and fluxbox. That gives me X and a window manager but no > > desktop environment. At present I get a

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 08:51:55 +0200 Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 15/08/2015 02:26, Steve Litt a écrit : > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:49:17 -0700 > > Go Linux wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 8/14/15, T.J. Duchene wrote: > >> > >> Subject: Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims > >> To: dng@lists.dyne.org > >> Date: Frid

Re: [DNG] [hai...@histomat.net: Re: Alpha2 without desktop environment]

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 07:43:04 -0400 Haines Brown wrote: > I purged and reinstalled xorg without luck. Installed were > libglu1-mesa, x11-apps, x11-session-utils, x11-server-utils, xinit, > xorg, xorg-docs-core. > > The xorg log tells me that it is using as system configuration > directory, /usr/

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Simon Hobson writes: > Rainer Weikusat wrote: > >> ClamAV claims to support FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, OpenVMS, >> Slackware and Windows, all of which certainly don't have systemd. I've >> just cloned the current development repository and build it on Wheezy >> using a plain >> >> ./conf

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:01:35 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: Please, Steve, provide us with all you mentionned, as an > > alternative to mainstream bloated/infected stuff. Since Devuan is > > all about freedom, this is the place where to deliver to the world. > > As soon as I can install Devuan on metal

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:13:56 + Roger Leigh wrote: er revision for 2017, and I think they are nuts. > > I don't. I write C++ code for my day job, and I'd have to say that > these revisions make C++ better than ever to write. It's cleaner, > simpler, and more maintainable. Just last week

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 10:02:12 + Roger Leigh wrote: > That's a considerable achievement--how many other projects have been > able to achieve an equivalent scale? Not very many and I agree with you, it is very impressive, even if Debian makes internal bickering look commonplace. I'd say it is

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 03:15:50 -0700 James Powell wrote: Hi Jim! =) > > To me, a shim is not the way. Sanitization is what is needed, and if > that requires work, then question this, 'Will the work be worth it?' > and to me the answer is a definable 'yes'. I suppose there are some people like yo

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Simon Hobson
T.J. Duchene wrote: > I used Debian Sid recently, with the apparent ability to boot > using either System 5 or Systemd via Grub. The choice seems clear to me > that Devuan could minimize upsteam maintenance by looking at that. The problem is not which init system to use - SystemD is not just an

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Stephanie Daugherty
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 8:20 PM James Powell wrote: > Slackware is maintained by 3 core people with extra help as needed. The > rest of the packages are pushed by the community at large contributing. > Devuan doesn't have to maintain every package possible. That's ludicrous to > think so. > > Deb

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 02:20:44PM -0500, T.J. Duchene wrote: > > Having a specifically defined base makes it easier for third parties to > ensure that software is going to work without a hitch. It's much more > attractive from a testing standpoint than the usual Linux hodge-podge. I > think it i

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 15/08/2015 22:19, Stephanie Daugherty wrote: They did, but out of all this design by committee, hidden between all the political bullshit and bikeshedding, they also created the most brilliant, most comprehensive set of standards for quality control, package uniformity, license auditing, and o

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Simon Hobson
Stephanie Daugherty wrote: > They did, but out of all this design by committee, hidden between all the > political bullshit and bikeshedding, they also created the most brilliant, > most comprehensive set of standards for quality control, package uniformity, > license auditing, and of course.

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Rainer Weikusat
Simon Hobson writes: > T.J. Duchene wrote: >> I used Debian Sid recently, with the apparent ability to boot >> using either System 5 or Systemd via Grub. The choice seems clear to me >> that Devuan could minimize upsteam maintenance by looking at that. > > The problem is not which init system to

Re: [DNG] Alpha2 without desktop environment

2015-08-15 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 11:54:06AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:25:06 -0700 > Isaac Dunham wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 07:01:11AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > > > The aim is to boot to a console prompt, log in as root, install > > > xorg and fluxbox. That gives me X

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 15/08/2015 18:01, Steve Litt a écrit : On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 08:51:55 +0200 Didier Kryn wrote: Le 15/08/2015 02:26, Steve Litt a écrit : On Fri, 14 Aug 2015 14:49:17 -0700 Go Linux wrote: On Fri, 8/14/15, T.J. Duchene wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims To: dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] [hai...@histomat.net: Re: Alpha2 without desktop environment]

2015-08-15 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 07:43:04AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > I reiinstalled (avoiding past missteps), to a console, and from it > installed xorg and fluxbox. I then ran xstart from console and all went > well. > > With one exception. I'm in what looks like VGA mode with large crude > characters

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread T.J. Duchene
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:19:03 + Stephanie Daugherty wrote: Hi, Stephanie! =) > They did, but out of all this design by committee, hidden between all > the political bullshit and bikeshedding, they also created the most > brilliant, most comprehensive set of standards for quality control, > pa

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread T.J. Duchene
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Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread shraptor
I would be interested in * No-dbus replacement for NetworkManager/Wicd Are you thinking a C program? daemon and user interface/GUI separation? On 2015-08-15 18:01, Steve Litt wrote: On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 08:51:55 +0200 Didier Kryn wrote: Le 15/08/2015 02:26, Steve Litt a écrit : > On Fri, 1

Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream

2015-08-15 Thread Go Linux
On Sat, 8/15/15, Simon Hobson wrote: Subject: Re: [DNG] Devuan and upstream To: "dng@lists.dyne.org" Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015, 3:53 PM Hendrik Boom wrote: >> THe way I heard the story, in the ncient days when Apple was choosing >> the k

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 00:08:11 +0200 shraptor wrote: > On 2015-08-15 18:01, Steve Litt wrote: > >> > >> Please, Steve, provide us with all you mentionned, as an > >> alternative to mainstream bloated/infected stuff. Since Devuan is > >> all about freedom, this is the place where to deliver

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Daniel Reurich
On 16 August 2015 7:47:46 AM GMT+12:00, "T.J. Duchene" wrote: >On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 03:15:50 -0700 >James Powell wrote: > >Hi Jim! =) > >> >> To me, a shim is not the way. Sanitization is what is needed, and if >> that requires work, then question this, 'Will the work be worth it?' >> and to m

[DNG] Wireless configuration tools (was: Re: Systemd Shims)

2015-08-15 Thread Isaac Dunham
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 06:19:23PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 00:08:11 +0200 > shraptor wrote: > > I would be interested in > > > > * No-dbus replacement for NetworkManager/Wicd > > > > Are you thinking a C program? > > HECK no! There's no requirement for this program

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 14:26:41 +1200 Daniel Reurich wrote: > On 16 August 2015 7:47:46 AM GMT+12:00, "T.J. Duchene" > wrote: > >All that I ever try to say that I think there should be room for > >both sorts to make Devuan a home. Yes, I think Devuan should have > >systemd as an option, but only

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Lars Noodén
>> I would be interested in >> >> * No-dbus replacement for NetworkManager/Wicd >> >> Are you thinking a C program? > > HECK no! There's no requirement for this program to be fast, and I want > to make it easy on myself. Python probably, with the minimum Python > addons, and only addons that ship

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 16 Aug 2015 07:37:16 +0300 Lars Noodén wrote: > > >> I would be interested in > >> > >> * No-dbus replacement for NetworkManager/Wicd > >> > >> Are you thinking a C program? > > > > HECK no! There's no requirement for this program to be fast, and I > > want to make it easy on myself. Py

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread Laurent Bercot
On 16/08/2015 06:53, Steve Litt wrote: The toughest part is how to store the passwords in a way that isn't a security problem. Unfortunately, /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf doesn't have an include feature (which is strange, because hostapd supports a wpa_psk_file option). So you have to store the p

Re: [DNG] Systemd Shims

2015-08-15 Thread James Powell
Systemd is not an option. Uselessd is an option, Runit is an option, s6 is an option, OpenRC is an option. Why, because any of these are init/supervisor sane replacements and/or extensions to sysvinit. When you replace the underlying system core with a completely alien hypervisor, you kill the