On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Ian Jackson wrote: >> Q1: Do we intend to support multiple systems long-term, or do we >> intend to settle on a single system, probably in jessie+1 ? >> >> Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as >> pid 1 ? > > [...] > >> Firstly, as I have said, TC members should be able to express the >> preference "only X, X by default but also others, Y by default but >> also others, Y", which is a perfectly reasonable one but which cannot >> be expressed by a concurrent ballots > > The only reason to interlink these questions is if the ordering of > someone's preference on the init system question is dependent on their > preference on these two questions. If that's the case, then whoever > feels that way should propose a draft which includes an option which > handles that particular case. > >> Secondly, making a decision on the default without clearly stating a >> requirement for support for multiple systems risks a situation where >> partisans for the winning system create "facts on the ground" which >> make it difficult to support multiple systems. > > This presupposes bad faith, and even if it were so, such behavior would > still be possible even if we voted in a single decision.
Even if the TC acts with the purest of motives, there is always a certain subset of observers likely to assume the worst and ascribe a bad faith motive. It is better to head that off by making the TCs intention and thought process abundantly clear. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org