On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 03:07:23PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:30:26PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > Am 17.07.2016 um 23:17 schrieb Josh Triplett: > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:05:09PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > > >> If you have systemd-sysv installed and you want to try sysvinit-core, > > >> you install the package and you get a fallback grub menu entry for > > >> systemd (unless you also purge the systemd package). So it is still > > >> easily possible to switch between the two init systems. > > > > > > Only by having sysvinit installed as the default init system. > > > Previously, it was possible to have systemd as the default (matching the > > > Debian default) but still use sysvinit. Now, it seems like sysvinit > > > will become the only init system in Debian that *can't* boot without > > > being the default. > > > > Which other init systems do you have in mind which would allow that? > > systemd. upstart, until it was removed. runit. openrc (which can't > coexist with sysvinit because it replaces sysv-rc, but which doesn't > have to be the default unless sysvinit does).
One thing I should mention here: I'm not a user of any of these init systems (including sysvinit). I personally would have no objection to dropping any or all of them entirely. So, if no interest materializes in maintaining this support, I certainly won't push for it. - Josh Triplett