Improving recovery (Re: support for merged /usr in Debian)

2016-01-06 Thread Ole Laursen
Simon McVittie debian.org> writes: > I personally think those factors undermine the "/ as recovery" use-case > so far that the advantages of a merged /usr far outweigh it. User side note: If people would like to help the recovery use case, grml-rescueboot is already packaged which adds grub integ

Re: Proposal: switch default desktop to xfce

2013-10-25 Thread Ole Laursen
Thorsten Glaser mirbsd.de> writes: > • Your primary use case appears to be “the desktop”, whereas Debian, as > opposed to some of its downstreams and Pure Blends, is a Universal OS, > which means it’s got much more servers in use, which don’t benefit from > systemd either at all or at least

Re: Proposal: switch default desktop to xfce

2013-10-25 Thread Ole Laursen
Steve McIntyre einval.com> writes: > Pros: > > * CD#1 will work again without size worries > > * Smaller, simpler desktop > > * Works well/better on all supported kernels (?) > > * Does not depend on replacing init > > Cons: > * IMHO you forgot the crucial part here - why is there a def

Re: using upstart in Debian [was, Re: Debian systemd survey]

2013-05-24 Thread Ole Laursen
Dmitrijs Ledkovs debian.org> writes: >> Also on technical merits although more philosophically, with Upstart you're >> expressing yourself in an event-based DSL rather than writing configuration >> files. It's pretty generic. But unfortunately, that means it's also not >> entirely straightforward

Re: using upstart in Debian [was, Re: Debian systemd survey]

2013-05-24 Thread Ole Laursen
Steve Langasek debian.org> writes: > Sorry you ran into trouble with upstart. Not a DD, just a happy Debian user, hope you'll excuse me, but on the topic of Upstart, I have some technical comments on why, surprisingly, I think it may not be mature enough yet. A couple of years ago I was doing em