Chris, Many thanks for highlighting this change.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 02:43:26AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > Package: sysvinit-core > Version: 3.15-2 > > Hello Mark, > > I believe sysvinit starts gettys and (possibly indirectly) login. > If this is the case, when sysvinit acts as the running init to manage > these, please have it ensure the `login` package is installed. Note > that login is not essential anymore. > > At a later date I'm considering moving getty/agetty into the login > package, too. I notice that systemd is considering adding this as Recommends[1]. How sure are you that getty and agetty will move? Both init(8) and /etc/inittab use getty directly, so Depends seems more appropriate to our usage. Thanks Mark [1] https://bugs.debian.org/1116286
