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posted by mrpg on Saturday May 04 2019, @12:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the apparently-sysvinit-on-debian-works-now dept.

https://lwn.net/Articles/786593/

An April Fools joke that went sour seems to be at least the proximate cause for a rather large upheaval in the Devuan community. For much of April 1 (or March 31 depending on time zone), the Devuan web site looked like it had been taken over by attackers, which was worrisome to many, but it was all a prank. The joke was clever, way over the top, unprofessional, or some combination of those, depending on who is describing it, but the incident and the threads on the devuan-dev mailing list have led to rancor, resignations, calls for resignations, and more.

Quick summary:

- Nicosia (a core dev) posted to the mailing list saying Devuan was compromised.
- Nicosia kept up the joke for some time.
- Nicosia admitted it was a prank later.
- Mike Bird suggested legal action against Nicosia and auditing/rebuilding the affected servers.
- Nicosia stepped down on April 11.
- Roio (a core dev) accused CenturionDan (a core dev) of causing Nicosia to step down.
- Reurich (a core dev) commented on the divide between people who want to use Devuan professionally and people who use Devuan for fun.
- Roio objected to Reurich.
- Reurich considered stepping down.

Some facts (?) gathered from the comments:

- Many core devs were unaware of the joke. They thought the compromise was real, as everyone but Nicosia was blocked from logging in to the affected server. They worked to shut down their infrastructure and isolate it from the supposedly compromised machine.
- The Devuan continuous integration server is apparently still down.

Related: Devuan Site Possibly Hacked


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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday May 04 2019, @12:55AM (6 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday May 04 2019, @12:55AM (#838651) Journal

    Lesbian and cisgender, actually, and only *just* a Millennial by like half a decade. What does any of that matter to you anyway? It's not like you're ever going to have sex. With anyone. At all.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:00AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:00AM (#838653)

    Apparently it matters enough to make it your .sig file.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Sunday May 05 2019, @07:06AM (1 child)

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Sunday May 05 2019, @07:06AM (#839131) Journal

      You created her .sig file? The question was what it matters to you. Quite obviously it matters to her what she is.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 05 2019, @07:12PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 05 2019, @07:12PM (#839323)

        .sig file is created explicitly to show to others. You wear your red MAGA cap at me, and you ask why it should matter to me? Nazis with hitler salute is only for their own audience?

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Farkus888 on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:04AM

    by Farkus888 (5159) on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:04AM (#838654)

    Haha. That is one way to deal with trolls.

  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:20AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @01:20AM (#838659)

    Since it refers to the decade, wouldn't being a millennial by half a decade mean you were smack bang in the middle?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @02:37AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 04 2019, @02:37AM (#838677)

      Depending on who you ask, actually. The most commonly accepted rule, according to demographers is 1981-96. Some do 1985-2000, some do 1993-2005, with a generation between millennial and Xers, which are sometimes referred to as Orgeon Trailers). Really, it depends on what particular experiences you consider to be most important in defining each cohort.