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#1276 Re: Installation » How to have updated firefox-esr in Chimaera? » 2021-11-13 18:31:18
@entropyagent . . . Perhaps an attitude adjustment is warranted. Instead of bitching and telling Devuan what to do, you could actually CONTRIBUTE something to Devuan by becoming the official tracker of "no longer supported browsers". Post to DNG and start a thread in News & Announcements and update as necessary. Ball is in your court.
#1277 Re: Installation » How to have updated firefox-esr in Chimaera? » 2021-11-13 00:33:48
Plead your case to Debian. Not going to happen at Devuan.
#1278 Re: Other Issues » What does 'merged' means in sources.list ? » 2021-11-12 17:13:32
In my sources.list i have:
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera mainI noticed in http://deb.devuan.org/ a merged subdir and
a dists subdir.
Since merged also contains a dists subdir what is it's use?
"merged" pulls in the unchanged packages directly from the Debian repos and merges them with packages that have been forked by Devuan.
Also if http://deb.devuan.org is an 'alias' to http://pkgmaster.devuan.org
why my sources.list contains both?
pkgmaster.devuan.org is the repository that syncs all the package mirrors. It should not be used directly and should be removed from sources.list
deb.devuan.org is the round-robin that chooses a mirror from the mirror pool.
This changed some years ago, maybe during ascii . . .
#1279 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] in-between releases » 2021-11-04 22:59:36
This from https://www.devuan.org/os/packages :
Note that all software shipped with Devuan in the main component is free software. But if needed, non-free software is also available. Just add the non-free and contrib components to the appropriate line(s) in /etc/apt/sources.list like this:
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib
#1280 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] change from cdrom to USB flash drive in sources.list » 2021-11-04 22:01:57
Or comment it out with #
#1281 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] in-between releases » 2021-11-04 18:05:06
And remember to use "daedalus" the release name for Devuan's current testing not "testing" in your sources.list. 
#1282 Re: Installation » How to have updated firefox-esr in Chimaera? » 2021-11-02 21:49:57
FWIW, the Firefox snap is provided by Mozilla. The Thunderbird and Chromium snaps are provided by Canonical.
Repeating for truth . . . snapd is a banned package in Devuan.
#1283 Re: Installation » How to have updated firefox-esr in Chimaera? » 2021-11-02 20:03:18
epp wrote:Why not add the
snapdpackage to the Devuan repository and let the users decide?
Because it's already available to Devuan users via amprolla.
No it is not. It is a banned package.
#1284 Re: Installation » strange lightdm greeter background » 2021-11-01 19:46:13
desktop-base is a package where the desktop theme is configured. Maybe you have an old configuration somewhere that is conflicting.
#1285 Re: Installation » strange lightdm greeter background » 2021-11-01 16:47:06
I think it is configured in desktop-base as part of the default theme but you should be able to override it.
#1286 Re: Devuan » Devuan, udev, eudev, systemd.udev where are we now ? » 2021-10-28 18:41:01
Reading round it seems that systemd.udev wasn't just appropriated by the systemd team, they also re-worked it and improved it so it performs better and isn't as tightly coupled with systemd as expected so can be used without systemd.
I would never trust that generosity of co-existence coming from LP et al/Red Hat.
It may be that LP, KS & GKH are there to help :-)
Themselves and their "product" for sure. They have never once offered an option of compromise or collaboration.
#1287 Re: Devuan » Devuan, udev, eudev, systemd.udev where are we now ? » 2021-10-28 15:05:45
FYI there is a collaborative project working on eudev including bb|hcb from Devuan and skarnet as well as Alpine devs.
OMG! Lennart and Kay Seivers and GKH are hanging out there too!!
#1288 Re: Devuan » Test Testing version » 2021-10-27 17:46:27
From: https://www.devuan.org/os/packages
Devuan package repositories are exclusive. Other repositories, including Debian, Ubuntu, Mint etc, should NOT be used directly.
Personally, I would never touch anything from the 'buntus.
But your choice and you get to keep all the pieces. 
#1289 Re: Devuan » Test Testing version » 2021-10-27 15:24:05
@ndavilam . . . Devuan does not provide an official way to contribute a "PPA". However sometimes users will share their builds on the "Off-topic" section of this forum. For example, in this thread https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=3331 tdrnetworks is providing up-to-date php builds without systemd.
But also check the daedalus and ceres repositories. The latest shiny FF might be there.
#1290 Re: Installation » [SOLVED] Back and Pipewire » 2021-10-26 23:06:33
A quick note . . . it is advised not to use pkgmaster in sources.list because it is the source that all mirrors sync with. Please use one of the many mirrors offered on https://www.devuan.org/get-devuan instead.
#1291 Re: Devuan » Test Testing version » 2021-10-26 19:57:02
Those are packages with systemd dependency that are prevented from installing. Those systemd-dependent packages that are essential for Devuan are forked by Devuan devs. Devuan-specific as well as forked packages are found here.
If there is a package on that list that you want, you are welcome to contribute to Devuan by forking it.
#1292 Re: Devuan » Test Testing version » 2021-10-26 18:37:48
#1293 Re: Installation » Realtek WIFI RTL8821CE For Devuan Chimaera XFCE » 2021-10-23 23:02:25
@HoaS . . . exactly my point.
#1294 Re: Installation » Realtek WIFI RTL8821CE For Devuan Chimaera XFCE » 2021-10-23 15:46:59
And do so at your own risk . . .
#1295 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] libvirt-daemon/qemu-kvm won't install on chimaera » 2021-10-23 14:50:04
pkgmaster.devuan.org is the source from which all other mirrors are synced. Individual users pulling from it can disrupt the syncing and cause delays elsewhere in the pool.
#1296 Re: Other Issues » [SOLVED] libvirt-daemon/qemu-kvm won't install on chimaera » 2021-10-22 16:43:19
(You might have to replace stable- with chimaera-.)
Yes, in Devuan always use the release name in sources.list to avoid unintended consequences.
#1297 Re: Forum Feedback » Bitcoin/Crypto Donation » 2021-10-22 03:58:31
I don't know the details. I am only the messenger. Thanks for the thought though.
#1298 Re: Forum Feedback » Bitcoin/Crypto Donation » 2021-10-22 02:42:24
Bookkeeping
#1299 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » Importing qt4 in Devuan » 2021-10-21 19:23:08
Ubuntu and Devuan repos are not compatible.
#1300 Re: Forum Feedback » Bitcoin/Crypto Donation » 2021-10-21 15:57:14
The bitcoin option was removed some time ago.
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