Re: [DNG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-01 Thread Bernard Rosset via Dng
On 2019-09-30 18:34, Steve Litt wrote: It's their job to receive letters from the public Who does "they" refers to, exactly? and any half way smart business values feedback. Out from any idealized vision, the question would be: what is the incentive? From a pragmatic observation of the real

Re: [DNG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-01 Thread John Crisp via Dng
On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:34:15 -0400 Steve Litt wrote: > > Bothering? > > It's their job to receive letters from the public, and any half way > smart business values feedback. > I was going to reply to some of the other negative replies to Steves mail, but I then decided that just fuels the prob

Re: [DNG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-01 Thread Simon Walter
On 10/1/19 12:57 AM, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > On 2019-09-30 09:27, Simon Walter wrote: >> On 9/29/19 12:36 PM, goli...@devuan.org wrote: >>> Sorry Steve . . . I think this idea is naive, ill-advised and a tactical >>> error that could have very real, unintended consequences. >> >> So that the

Re: [DNG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-01 Thread Dimitris via Dng
systemd is JUST a bloated piece of software, and IBM makes/sells tons of similar crap.. (even did so for nazis.) personally, i don't mind systemd being around as an option, just don't want it on systems i manage. but, that's what init diversity is all about. choices. now you want to ask IBM for a

Re: [DNG] [D offlist NG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 18:01:11 +0300 Dimitris via Dng wrote: > of similar crap.. (even did so for nazis.) Hi Dimitris, I'd like to ask you a favor. Could you please no longer mention the IBM->nazi connection? The IBM-nazi cooperation happened in the 1930's and 1940's, and isn't relevant to IBM's

Re: [DNG] I wrote IBM

2019-10-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 1 Oct 2019 18:01:11 +0300 Dimitris via Dng wrote: > if you wanna petition someone/something, might be better off > petitioning Debian people/community so as to get fully compatible > with other init systems, and benefit the whole debian-based > ecosystem, including Devuan.. The precedi

[DNG] Sorry for the accidental email

2019-10-01 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm sorry for the accidental email that was supposed to be for one person alone. I had clicked the "Mail to sender" button, I had looked and seen the person's name on it, hadn't registered the "via DNG" or the dng mailing address on it, and inadvertently sent it to the list. This has been

[DNG] Fonts in testing/unstable are some ugly.

2019-10-01 Thread Андрей via Dng
Приветствую. A question on fonts in testing/unstable. To me, fonts in X session are as beatiful as it is in stable -- not thin, nor sharp. In case you have same beatiful fonts (as in stable) in testing/unstable, would you share with me your options that are shown by dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-

Re: [DNG] Fonts in testing/unstable are some ugly.

2019-10-01 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Anno domini 2019 Wed, 2 Oct 12:07:11 +0700 Андрей via Dng scripsit: > Приветствую. > > > A question on fonts in testing/unstable. > > To me, fonts in X session are as beatiful as it is in stable -- not > thin, nor sharp. In case you have same beatiful fonts > (as in stable) in testing/unstable,