On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 14:12:42 +0300 Alon Bar-Lev <alo...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:51 AM, Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> > > wrote: > >> not must, but if I choose to run the official supported > >> configuration, well, then telling me to go to an unsupported state > >> is quite confusing and sends the wrong signal. > >> > > > > There is no one official supported configuration of Gentoo. Nobody > > has to agree to make systemd an official supported configuration, > > because OpenRC isn't an official supported configuration either. At > > least, not in the way that the terms seems to be being used. There > > is no policy that requires packages to run when OpenRC is the > > service manager, and there is no policy that requires packages to > > supply an OpenRC init.d script. > > Gentoo, well up to now, did have a policy This is missing a reference. Where is this policy? > that packages should support the baselayout It appears to support, I don't see a problem here; what's not supported? > which was single one, no alternatives where formally supported. This is missing a reference. Where is this stated? > The fact that OpenRC is now provided as own package (technical bit) > could not have changed the policy of providing stable coherent > solution for users. Whether or not the existence of such policy, it makes me wonder: Why do you think the discussed solution is not stable or not coherent? > The fact that someone decided that init system may be virtual means > nothing if the implications of users and developers were not been > understood. Is this really the case? Where do you think it is misunderstood? > Of course it matches the gnome and affiliated vendor agenda.... Or perhaps Gentoo's meta-distribution agenda to provide choice? > but for that do we break the entire tree and produce extra load for > developers who maintain unrelated packages? What entire tree breakage you are talking about? I see no such thing. As stated multiple times before, there's no extra load involved; but I'll enumerate it again, it is easy to add and there are enough people that are willing to help maintain the systemd part of a package. -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
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