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Debian Dropping Linux Standard Base (lwn.net)
basscomm writes: For years (as seen on Slashdot) the Linux Standard Base has been developed as an attempt to reduce the differences between Linux distributions in an effort significant effort. However, Debian Linux has announced that they are dropping support for the Linux Standard Base due to a lack of interest.
From the article: "If [Raboud's] initial comments about lack of interest in LSB were not evidence enough, a full three months then went by with no one offering any support for maintaining the LSB-compliance packages and two terse votes in favor of dropping them. Consequently, on September 17, Raboud announced that he had gutted the src:lsb package (leaving just lsb-base and lsb-release as described) and uploaded it to the "unstable" archive. That minimalist set of tools will allow an interested user to start up the next Debian release and query whether or not it is LSB-compliant—and the answer will be 'no.'"
From the article: "If [Raboud's] initial comments about lack of interest in LSB were not evidence enough, a full three months then went by with no one offering any support for maintaining the LSB-compliance packages and two terse votes in favor of dropping them. Consequently, on September 17, Raboud announced that he had gutted the src:lsb package (leaving just lsb-base and lsb-release as described) and uploaded it to the "unstable" archive. That minimalist set of tools will allow an interested user to start up the next Debian release and query whether or not it is LSB-compliant—and the answer will be 'no.'"
It's been a while since Bennet Haselton has contributed a frequent contribution, hasn't it?
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The anti systemd sentiment is getting a bit old? The sky certainly hasn't been falling with systemd already running on a lot of systems.
Systemd is the Obamacare of Linux. People bitch about it, claiming all sorts of "bad things will happen" that don't actually happen. Sure systemd was pushed through despite numerous complaints (and valid concerns), is causing all sorts of headaches and isn't perfect, but it provides (or could provide) a benefit and works for many (most?). If people would start offering constructive input (people slam) and that input was well received (Lennart slam) and we *all* could learn to live and work together for the benefit of everyone (everyone slam) perhaps we all could move forward to a better world.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .