I demand that Stephan Seitz may or may not have written... > On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 02:41:23PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: >> On Nov 28, Svante Signell <svante.sign...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> a) Upgrades should _not_ change init: whatever is installed should be >>> kept. >> I disagree: upgrades should get the default init system unless the >> system administrator chooses otherwise.
> Of course not. syslog-ng was not replaced by rsyslog when Debian changed > the default syslog. The grub1 bootloader was not replaced when Debian > changed to grub2. If Debian changed from exim to postfix the existing MTA > would not be changed. > So keep your hands of the init system on upgrades. Seconded. FWIW, I'm using lilo. That's still available, maintained and working, and I see no reason to change: grub offers more complexity and more options, but lilo does exactly what I want/need of it. >>> b) New installs should get systemd-sysv as default init with a debconf >>> message about alternative init systems. >> It would be totally unacceptable to waste the time of every Debian user >> with pointless advertisement. > This question could be part of the expert menu. I for one would welcome this. When I last checked, there was such a question regarding choice of boot loader (and, presumably, that's still there). -- | _ | Darren Salt, using Debian GNU/Linux (and Android) | ( ) | | X | ASCII Ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail | / \ | http://www.asciiribbon.org/ To light a candle is to cast a shadow. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54741ae384%lists...@moreofthesa.me.uk