[ale] #! is dead

[Preston Boyington]

I'm a longtime fan of #! (just installed it the other day on my C720
Chromebook). This news saddens me.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Ted W. <ted-lists at xy0.org> wrote:

> On 02/07/2015 10:19 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>
>> For my desktops, I start with a minimal Ubuntu Server, then add a WM and
>> the
>> 20-30 programs I use. It is scripted, so every time it improves AND
>> something
>> breaks when there is a new LTS release. ;)
>>
>> Never used #! - I'd assumed it was more like Arch and rolling releases
>> just
>> don't fit my stability needs.  Seems that distro was pretty much exactly
>> what
>> I've been doing manually the last 4 yrs - since Unity became default.
>>
>>
> #! was build on Debian stable. From what I can gleam from the forums it
> sounds like this may have been partially, if not wholly, based on the
> progress Debian has made and changes coming up in Jessie. I don't know how
> much, if any, is because of the change to Systemd but it sounds like at
> least part of it was. Not for philosophical reasons but purely technical
> ones. It sounds like there is also movement to keep #! going under a new
> name...
>
> "...long live Sparkle Dancer!"
>
>
> --
> Ted W. <ted at xy0.org>
>
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