Vincent Cheng <vincentc1...@gmail.com> writes: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 9:35 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: >> On 07/19/2013 06:12 PM, Mathieu Parent wrote: >>> >>> As the recommended way to install systemd is using init= and not >>> installing systemd-sysv, maybe the popcon "vote" count is the correct >>> metric? >> >> >> Plus, systemd isn't pulled in by anything else which means when it's >> there it's there because it was actively installed. I don't think it >> magically lands onto a user's hard disk or someone installs it just >> in order to not use it actually. > > On the contrary, in experimental, gnome-shell depends on > gnome-settings-daemon, which in turn depends on systemd. I wouldn't be > surprised if this is one of the reasons sid still has version 3.4 of > the shell, rather than the latest upstream version (3.8). > > If/when gnome-shell 3.8 hits unstable and systemd gets forced on end > users as well...I dare say that the general outcry here on > debian-devel would make the past network-manager related threads look > tame in comparison. I offer my deepest condolences to the gnome > maintainers in advance (I doubt that they're looking forward to > dealing with all this).
systemd being installed does not mean it will be used as init. The package happens to contain a few tools the GNOME Shell needs, that is all, to the best of my knowledge. It's a harmless dependency if you don't use systemd, one that is only "scary" on paper. -- |8] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ppubm199.fsf@algernon.balabit
