>>>>> "Samuel" == Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org> writes:
Samuel> Hello, Sam Hartman, le mer. 18 sept. 2019 16:46:14 -0400, a
Samuel> ecrit:
>> We could stop caring about sysvinit (which isn't quite the same
>> thing but is related). That would leave non-linux ports in an
>> unfortunate position. But right now there are no non-linux ports
>> in the main archive. So perhaps we don't even care about that.
Samuel> Not being in the main archive does _not_ mean we don't care
Samuel> about it.
What I'm trying to say is that were the project to drop sysvinit, it
would make things harder for the non-Linux ports.
I think that if there were any non-Linux ports in the main archive, the
project should either keep sysvinit or remove the non-Linux ports from
the main archive when it dropped sysvinit.
I think you've done a good job of summarizing the argument in favor of
caring about the non-Linux ports:
Samuel> A problem with sticking to systemd only is that it means
Samuel> sticking to linux only, and not leaving any room for any
Samuel> alternative, since systemd is not to be seen ported on any
Samuel> non-linux. I don't think we want to care only about linux,
Samuel> for various reasons.
Samuel> I'm not saying maintainers should spend time on maintaining
Samuel> init files etc. but at least leave room for people who want
Obviously if we had a vote the project could choose to agree with you or
not.
