On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 07:18 -0600, Anthony ''Ishpeck'' Tedjamulia wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 06:36:22PM +0200, Joakim Hernberg wrote: > > A distro fork would be the absolute worst outcome imaginable (imo) of > > the initscripts vs systemd schism... > > Assuming you mean a fork of Arch, I agree. [snip] And I agree with the following statement: On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 10:39 +0100, Peter Cannon wrote: > Oh and as a side note a rolling release means it rolls, > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/roll if it stops because of a > breakage or a change in file structure or manipulation that then means > it is not rolling it has come to a halt. Just wanted to add that for > those I keep seeing on the net saying "It's a rolling release what do > you expect?" Judd Vincent meant "You'll never have to upgrade because > every pacman- Syu gives you the most recent version." ergo 'It's > rolled over to the latest. If a package breaks your system that's fair > enough, if changing the file structure or core of your system breaks > it that has nothing to do with 'rolling' that's called "I just ripped > the wires out of your radio but hey you get to keep all the parts." > just wanted to clarify that. Is Arch a rolling release or isn't it?
