On 02/09/2017 11:45 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
(2) putting on angband.pl's nosystemd repositories. this is "hard work" for me to both set up, and for others to remove (revert) just as you say, so i am unlikely to do it... but it's an option.
for my laptop i'm using angband.pl's nosystemd, which is not kept up-to-date with security updates
Luke, for the love of God and for your own sake, please do not distribute something to your customers that doesn't receive reliable security updates because of your personal preferences. If someone's machine gets compromised because of this, it will tarnish your reputation. Remember your target audience: they're not the type of people to go into a command-line and do...
simply "apt-get build-dep" on whatever package is not up-to-date, then "apt-get source" it, build it and install the resultant .debs
that.
You're advertising computer cards with Parabola, Debian, Fedora, and Devuan pre-installed. You should not attempt to do "more" than that by distributing something that won't update properly (that "testing" image you mentioned) or that might not receive security updates. Just distribute the systems as they are officially distributed, with the exception of the custom kernel needed for the computer card (to ensure that the hardware works correctly) and some custom default settings to disable logging (to avoid needless degradation of the NAND or SD card).
At the risk of repeating myself: Devuan should satisfy the needs of everyone who doesn't like systemd, and I guarantee you that no one who ordered a computer card with Debian wants a version of Debian without systemd.