This is a good point, and it might make one wonder , what else will be next.by dasein »But given how badly the last external maintainer was treated, whodafugg would volunteer for that gig?
I am in agreement with Steve McIntyre, I think that is the point he is trying
to make, unless some one the really cares enough about maintaining some
kind of "Live images", then there is no reason to continue it, when there seems
to be very few people that even use them.
The link ruffwoof posted, it is hard to spot the way he posted it, just the word "this" :
"this" links to this ,below. It should be noted it was 2 years ago:Post by ruffwoof » 2017-06-26 13:55
What with this along ----snip---
https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/20 ... 00024.html
=================================From >> Daniel Baumann[ I don't know why this post is not showing up on planet.debian.org:
https://danieltmp.wordpress.com/2015/11 ... bian-live/
I am sending it here by mail now. ]
I don't think Steve McIntyre, is really to blame,
https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/20 ... 00025.html
An abrupt End to Debian Live
----------------------------
Debian can be great.
But depending on who you are, where you come from, and who your friends
are, Debian can also be hateful and full of deceit.
Before even more of reality[0] is spin-doctored into some distorted[1]
view of it, and before my past work is being discredited, I will take
the high road and continue my work on Debian Live images on the outside.
If there is one thing I did learn over the past years of agressions
towards me, then that it is this: I am forced to blindly and
unchallenged accept everything others decide about me or my work,
resistence to the cabal is futile, anything goes, no[2] matter[3] what[4].
Therefore, after having founded Debian Live back in 2006 and having by
now almost 10 years continuously worked on it, without further ado:
Debian Live is dead, hijacked by the debian-cd and the
debian-installer Teams[5]
The live.debian.net server will be shut down end of month, the Git
repositories are read-only as of now and mirrored to GitHub[6] for archival.
So long, and thanks for all the fish[7].
Daniel
[0] https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2006/08/
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-live/20 ... 00008.html
[2] https://bugs.debian.org/497471
[3] https://bugs.debian.org/759189
[4] https://bugs.debian.org/754910
[5] https://bugs.debian.org/804315
[6] https://github.com/debian-live
[7] http://live.debian.net/project/downstream/
In my communications with him , he responded in a mature sensible way, and promptly, as well as politely, unlike some of the others , but that is anotherby dasein »So unless someone convinces this guy to grow up, it looks like Debian will lose its Live image presence.
topic, and it really does not do any good blaming any one individual, teams are teams, and there are several persons invloved, with that said,... this (below)
is another mail list message, from 2 years ago.
Any way, in a nut shell, the few people that feel they really need Live Images,To: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-technologies.com>
Cc: formorer@debian.org, debian-live@lists.debian.org
Subject: debian-live Alioth project
From: "Iain R. Learmonth" <irl@debian.org>
=========================
Hi Daniel,
As part of the process of integrating the live systems better into the
Debian Organisation, we would like to host the sources for live-* packages
on Alioth where it is easier for others in the Debian project to contribute
code, documentation and translations.
We would also like to move any web content to either webwml or to being
hosted on Alioth where webwml is not appropriate.
Please accept my request to join the Alioth project and set me to have
administrator rights for the project so I can process new member requests,
configure mailing lists and configure the VCS.
Thanks,
Iain.
Debian, or what ever, are going to need to learn how to
1. Do their own searches,
2.Maybe learn how to make their own live image, and customize it
to fit their needs.
3. Or get involved with the Debian Developers, and volunteer to take this on
someone probably will, but it kind of jumps back to this:
There really will all ways be uses and future for Debian Live images, butBut given how badly the last external maintainer was treated, whodafugg would volunteer for that gig?
they may not be easily available, or the future is "roll your own" so to speak.
Personally, I have no use for the newest ones, Debian 8 and 9, I have very good
ones that were made from Debian 6 and 7, and those are all I need.
Guess that is all for now.
P.S. A little search foo, and one can find not only some excellent Linux live images, but tutorials on making them, it can be done using your Debian system,
as well as other distros, and also there are some "ready made" ones available.
The MX live images images also work very well.
They are based on Debian, so that is a very good option.
--- sorry, for any spelling or other mistakes, I have to run, and have not yet
"previewd" or proof read my post