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Debian Forked Over Systemd
jaromil writes: The so called "Veteran Unix Admin" collective has announced that the fork of Debian will proceed as a result of the recent systemd controversy. The reasons put forward are not just technical; included is a letter of endorsement by Debian Developer Roger Leigh mentioning that "people rely on Debian for their jobs and businesses, their research and their hobbies. It's not a playground for such radical experimentation." The fork is called "Devuan," pronounced "DevOne." The official website has more information.
On the one hand, forking is what drives Free Software. It allows us to innovate, adapt software to new needs, etc. Without it, the FOSS community would not be as strong as it is.
On the other hand, Debian's board took a vote, and the anti-systemd people lost. Democracy happened. Democracy is good. Those people who created this fork are a bunch of malcontents that are whining because they didn't get their way. This isn't a "downstream branch" like Ubuntu, which strengthens the community by sending patches upstream. This is breaking up of a strong community, and it's now going to be inherently weaker.
They are telling English speakers to pronounce it "DevOne" because that's how it is pronounced in italian. Because they know English speakers tend to suffer from ethnocentrism and reading comprehension problems.
Someone had to do it.
Doesn't matter if *EVERYTHING* depends on systemd or libsystemd.
Oh, go on, big boy.
What packages depend on systemd.
(I leave aside your paranoid fear of libsystemd).
Watch this Heartland Institute video