Just for your information:
Gentoo has already done the work to get Gnome 3.30 running without systemd:
https://www.gentoo.org/news/2019/03/27/ … penrc.html
It's based on elogind too. Could this be of interest to Devuan-ers too?
I hope to have NOT violated forum rules. Greetings from systemd-free land. I love Devuan, and ... Beowulf runs remarkably well and stable.

I can confirm this: the patch works perfectly well in ASCII. Although I had to vi the file in question (/lib/cryptsetup/cryptdisks.functions), since I couldn't figure out how to apply the patch using the patch command.
Thanks for the fix!! Happy Devuan.

I'm happy you got lucky. I'm sure KDE will come up with a fix for that issue too.
Good luck.

Hello tylerdurden and jaromil,
I use Devuan ASCII on all my systems, and use them with OpenRC. I only have made best experiences and results from using it, I would recommend it to all. I deeply hope OpenRC to become the Devuan-default, while leaving the old, trusted InitSysV as an option availavble.
I'm happy with the stability of Devuan, great!
Have a nice day!

apt-get dist-upgrade installs the latest kernel from the repo, but it never removes an old one. It also reconfigures the GRUB to point to the new kernel (grub-update).
When you do that repeatedly, old kernels do accumulate in the /boot... directory; you can remove them using synaptic or apt-get remove (or purge).
There may be older kernel images, (and possibly kernel firmware and kernel header files) to remove. (linux-image-xxx, linux-header-xxx, etc). Just be precise when specifying the exact name (includes the version nomination) to not accidentally render your system unbootable. Synaptic helps you best, even a headless server can be managed that way (1. ssh -X -l adminxy;2. password;3. synaptic &). Just make sure your workstation is an X-server (Linux, Unix).
That is true for most of the .deb-based distros.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You have done a fantastic job, dear VUAs, and THANK YOU for that.
You have secured, and shown to us, how to keep the way and the future of Linux what it once was: free, stable, reliable, - simply the best.
I take my hat off to you, also because I can..... I'm a hat wearer. ;-) André

I use ASCII RC on productive systems now. The Cinnamon-OpenRC install is just perfectly stable and flawless.
When I use XFCE4 and OpenRC I get a few bumps, but they are easy to overcome.
One note: on the XFCE4 desktop the administrative tools cannot be launched using the XFCE4-menu. You have to do a "gksu synaptic" in a terminal - that works well.
Even ICA-Client (Citrix Desktop), skype and the latest LibreOffice 6.0.4 work perfectly well.
So to say: if it's for me - this version is ready for stable. Congratulations. And a BIG THANK YOU!
André

Hello,
just to add to it:
I have tested Devuan ASCII quite throughly and I can say only this:
I am very happy. Devuan ASCII has become VERY stable and reliable.
I do mostly fresh installs and choose directly:
-graphical custom install
-select Cinnamon DE (sometimes XFCE for slower machines)
-select OpenRC
It looks you are going RC and then "stable" soon. I will switch my systems from Linux Mint to Devuan.
No systemd: Great work done!
CONGATULATIONS and THANK YOU!
Andre

Hello fsmithred and sgage
I can confirm this, in xfce (and Cinnamon), some menu entries do not work: i.e. synaptic. Started from a terminal (gksu synaptic), all goes well.
Anyway, CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU, to you Devuan-ers, for that fantastic work of yours. I'm especially happy with the implementation of OpenRC. And it's the Debian-like handling which I am grateful for. Devuan ASCII Beta / x86_64 / xfce / Cinnamon.