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Originally Posted by replica9000
(Post 5280596)
While the package init does not list OpenRC as a dependency, it is still as easy as apt-get install openrc. I've been using it on one of my test machines with no issue for a while.
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Thanks for that I might give it a try on a Live Build system.
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Originally Posted by Randicus Draco Albus
(Post 5280605)
A battle of semantics is easy to fix.
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I doubt it, the problem with the entire systemd debate now is it has gone way past technical discussion but is on the far end of emotional debate.
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Originally Posted by Randicus Draco Albus
(Post 5280605)
Considering many packages will have systemd as a dependency,
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I'm trying to figure out an easy way to see which packages on all of my Jessie and Sid installs are hard dependencies of systemd. I'm not that good at scripting so it will take a while but I will keep working at it and post a list when I have it done.
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Originally Posted by Randicus Draco Albus
(Post 5280605)
Considering many packages will have systemd as a dependency, for the near future (but after that?) users will still have options, but not viable options, unless they are willing to use Debian, while "being barred from using many packages in their repos." In which case "being second-class citizens" should be changed to "using Debian without full access to available packages."
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What some consider non-viable others consider viable. I don't believe anyone has the right to insist to others that what they like and use is non-viable. Just my opinion of course.
There is also an inherent problem with suggesting people are 2nd class citizens just because they don't have full access to available packages. There are things that are available for Windows users but are not available for Linux users, does that mean every Linux user is a 2nd class citizen?
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Originally Posted by Randicus Draco Albus
(Post 5280605)
Is a non-viable option really an option?
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Again one persons opinion of what is not viable is different to another persons opinion of what is not viable.
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Originally Posted by Ser Olmy
(Post 5280612)
That would depend on what meaning one associates with "citizen" in this context, wouldn't it?
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Even if you took the word at its loosest meaning it would suggest a member of a community. The thing is people have choice they can use systemd or they can use other inits. To claim that exercising choice within known available options, and bringing Randicus' "viabile options" scenario into it would indicate that suggesting someone was a 2nd class citizen because they chose something like XFCE or LXDE, or KDE, or Englightenment, or TDE (you can install TDE on Debian) is a tad extreme. There are many options and as Debian users they are there to provide you with a wide variety of choice.
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Originally Posted by Ser Olmy
(Post 5280612)
That packages will now be allowed to have hard dependencies on systemd is a simple fact, and not in dispute.
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I don't believe anyone said it was in dispute, Gnome is heavily supported by Red Hat as is systemd, it seems logical that pressure would be put on Gnome to heavily incorporate systemd but that does not mean you as a user must use Gnome and by no means does that make you a 2nd class citizen.
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Originally Posted by Ser Olmy
(Post 5280612)
So, if we accept the "citizen" analogy, is it "FUD", "extreme" or "dishonest" to describe the situation for non-systemd-using Debian users as one akin to that of second-class citizens? Do they miss out on opportunities available to systemd users? They most certainly do. Are they "discriminated against" in the sense that Debian packages won't be available to them as a result of this recent decision? Absolutely.
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I don't accept this and if I did I would have to accept that if we used anything except for Windows we are 2nd class citizens purely because software corporations (e.g. Adobe) do not support Linux adequately. If you want to accept you are a 2nd class citizen then so be it, I won't.
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Originally Posted by Ser Olmy
(Post 5280612)
Perhaps the expression is intended to provoke an emotional response, but I don't think the analogy is either unreasonable or extreme, and there doesn't seem to be any "FUD" involved, as the facts are there for all to see.
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No the facts are not there for all to see because only a certain groups of facts are presented and no other facts are even considered. Consider the fact that you as a Linux user do not have the option of using Flash in any non-Chrome based browser simply because you use Linux. The obvious choice if you must use Firefox is to use Windows so you can have current flash. Does this make Firefox or Linux lesser choices and you for choosing to use them a 2nd class citizen? I would say no but by the current analogy it appears as though a few of you think so.
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Originally Posted by Ser Olmy
(Post 5280612)
(However, insinuating that someone is dishonest for presenting the facts in a somewhat emotional manner is perhaps a bit extreme. Just a bit.)
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I apologised for my extremism.