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I wonder if we're actually moving into a world where GNU/Linux is just a flat out wrong statement, Ubuntu is adopting uutils, I wouldn't be surprised if others decide to experiment with it
@Conan_Kudo@fosstodon.org@BrodieOnLinux There have been some experiments for a while now. @fedora also has `uutils-coreutils` to allow people to try it as an alternative. I don't see the wiring for making the package fully swappable yet as an equivalent provider of coreutils alongside `coreutils` and `coreutils-single`, though. I'm not sure if anyone has thought of it yet.
@Conan_Kudo @fedora My understanding is there's some SELinux related options not implemented yet
@BrodieOnLinux @fedora Yeah, not having the ability to handle security contexts would be a big blocker for really considering it.
@Conan_Kudo @BrodieOnLinux @fedora Does uutils actually provide sufficient benefit to make it worth the pain of switching and risk potential incompatibilities? It's not like coreutils has a ton of CVEs or is in an especially critical path for security - but by introducing uutils, you'd have to audit that thing and all its dependencies...
(I'm not saying it's *not* worth it, but unlike the migration to systemd or PipeWire, I don't see a similarly strong pull to switch)
@matk @BrodieOnLinux @fedora I don't think it does, but some people will consider it if it results in attention and/or money.
@Conan_Kudo @BrodieOnLinux @fedora It, without any doubt, resulted in a lot of attention 