On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Ian Jackson wrote: > > M. Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the > > foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities > > and code remain healthy. Software outside of an init system's > > implementation may not require a specific init system to be > > pid 1, although degraded operation is tolerable.
I still don't think the last sentence of this paragraph completely handles the cases where someone can legitimately depend on a specific init system or specific init system interface. If we're supporting multiple init systems, then software which doesn't support multiple init systems which could feasibly do so is buggy. If patches to fix it appear and aren't applied, then people can appeal to the CTTE. It's not necessary or feasible for us to anticipate every single technical wrinkle and delay making a decision to do so. -- Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. -- Robert Heinlein _Time Enough For Love_ p250 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
