[arch-general] kde and systemd [was Re: [arch-dev-public] merging systemd back to a singular package]

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Wed Aug 29 09:24:54 EDT 2012


On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 07:18 -0600, Anthony ''Ishpeck'' Tedjamulia wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 06:36:22PM +0200, Joakim Hernberg wrote:
> > A distro fork would be the absolute worst outcome imaginable (imo) of
> > the initscripts vs systemd schism...
> 
> Assuming you mean a fork of Arch, I agree. [snip]

And I agree with the following statement:

On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 10:39 +0100, Peter Cannon wrote:
> Oh and as a side note a rolling release means it rolls,
> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/roll if it stops because of a
> breakage or a change in file structure or manipulation that then means
> it is not rolling it has come to a halt. Just wanted to add that for
> those I keep seeing on the net saying "It's a rolling release what do
> you expect?" Judd Vincent meant "You'll never have to upgrade because
> every pacman- Syu gives you the most recent version." ergo 'It's
> rolled over to the latest. If a package breaks your system that's fair
> enough, if changing the file structure or core of your system breaks
> it that has nothing to do with 'rolling' that's called "I just ripped
> the wires out of your radio but hey you get to keep all the parts."
> just wanted to clarify that.

Is Arch a rolling release or isn't it?



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