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List:       dng
Subject:    Re: [DNG] zeitgeist and Devuan Linux
From:       altoid via Dng <dng () lists ! dyne ! org>
Date:       2023-01-29 21:28:43
Message-ID: 63D6E50B.11916.3F059C () sawbona ! xsmail ! com
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Hello:

On 28 Jan 2023 at 18:35, Boian Bonev wrote:

> ... neither freedom nor choice in an obscure, mile long ...
Yes.
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The worst of it is how long it has been there, right under Linux's
collective noses.=A0=A0 8^=B0

ie: practically the *whole* Linux environment.
 =

> ... the majority of non-tech users will skip either reading or
> understanding it.
Exactly.
 =A0
> ... relaxed, and still somehow acceptable condition ...
> ... is to forbid other stuff to depend on it.
+1
At the *very* least.
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> ... the extreme but proper way - unofficial repos are the right
> place for it.
Yes, *that* would be the proper way.
 =

Another albeit more tasking option would be to do as Devuan has done
with systemd: =

 =

Ban zeitgeist from the Devuan repositories and sanitize any =

application that has zeitgeist as a dependency but can work properly
without it.=A0 =

 =

But if it cannot be sanitized and *needs* zeigeist to work properly, =

it should also be banned.

Best,

A.
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