Bug#727708: [gmail.com] Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-19 Thread Paul Hedderly
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 01:51:56AM -0600, Tony Thedford wrote: On 02/18/2014 09:34 PM, Jason Frothingham wrote: ... Adopting systemd does not, in any way shape, form, idea, concept, conclusion, thought, etc. etc. etc. prevent, pervert, divert, etc. etc. etc. the goal of a

Bug#727708: [mjr.org] Re: Bug#727708: [gmail.com] Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-19 Thread Tony Thedford
It is just as I thought.. incompetence has taken control. Good luck with that. On 02/19/2014 08:30 AM, Paul Hedderly wrote: On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 01:51:56AM -0600, Tony Thedford wrote: On 02/18/2014 09:34 PM, Jason Frothingham wrote: ... Adopting systemd does not, in any way

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-18 Thread Tony Thedford
Putting the systemd issue on bugs.debian.org is a bit ridiculous I would say! As to why there are developers within Debian who are hellbent on turning Debian into buggy desktop software rather than keeping with the universal operating system directive.. I will never know! Debian is a major

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-18 Thread Jason Frothingham
question for you: which would you have Debian developers do: A: complain about historical issues in systemd that have largely been patched or addressed B: complain about what systemd is like now C: submit patches to systemd that fix outstanding bugs D: submit patches to systemd that fix

Bug#727708: [gmail.com] Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-18 Thread Tony Thedford
On 02/18/2014 09:34 PM, Jason Frothingham wrote: ... Adopting systemd does not, in any way shape, form, idea, concept, conclusion, thought, etc. etc. etc. prevent, pervert, divert, etc. etc. etc. the goal of a computationally stable, bug-free, and flexible operating system.� First of

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Andreas Barth
* Bdale Garbee (bd...@gag.com) [140208 20:50]: I expect that Debian can and should continue to support multiple init systems for the foreseeable future. I also believe that Debian can and should take an active role working with upstream projects on software that is important to us, such as

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 12:56:56PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: - - - start ballot - - - We exercise our power to decide in cases of overlapping jurisdiction (6.1.2) by asserting that the default init system for Linux architectures in jessie should be

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Bdale Garbee
Anthony Towns a...@erisian.com.au writes: A.6.6: Schwartz set is {D,U} A.6.8: There are no defeats in the Schwartz set, so the elector with the casting vote chooses which of these options wins. Per 6.3.2, the casting vote is held by the Chairman, who is currently Bdale. Thank you,

Bug#727708: [Fwd: Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie]

2014-02-11 Thread Svante Signell
---BeginMessage--- Anthony Towns a...@erisian.com.au writes: A.6.6: Schwartz set is {D,U} A.6.8: There are no defeats in the Schwartz set, so the elector with the casting vote chooses which of these options wins. Per 6.3.2, the casting vote is held by the Chairman, who is

Bug#727708: [Fwd: Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie]

2014-02-11 Thread Emilio Pozuelo Monfort
On 11/02/14 16:09, Svante Signell wrote: How can you make this statement when the voting period is not over? What if some CTTE members decide to change their vote? Debian Constitution 6.3.1: the voting period lasts for up to one week, or until the outcome is no longer in doubt. Given that all

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 07:35:13AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: Anthony Towns a...@erisian.com.au writes: A.6.6: Schwartz set is {D,U} A.6.8: There are no defeats in the Schwartz set, so the elector with the casting vote chooses which of these options wins. Per 6.3.2, the casting

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Bdale Garbee
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: FWIW I have always assumed that the casting vote is implicit in the chair's ballot. To require the chair to explicitly exercise their casting vote, as opposed to the chair's preferences as expressed on the ballot being applied automatically, opens up

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Sam Hartman
Bdale == Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Bdale Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: FWIW I have always assumed that the casting vote is implicit in the chair's ballot. To require the chair to explicitly exercise their casting vote, as opposed to the chair's preferences

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:18:41PM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: Bdale == Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Bdale Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: FWIW I have always assumed that the casting vote is implicit in the chair's ballot. To require the chair to explicitly

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:59:34AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:18:41PM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: Bdale == Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Bdale Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: FWIW I have always assumed that the casting vote is implicit in

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Keith Packard
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: If the chair ranked them equally in his ballot, why should he express a different preference when it comes to the casting vote? Oh, the obvious answer -- if the chair's preference didn't end up in the tie, he'd have to explicitly vote from the remaining

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 08:22:19PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I think the vote should always result in something, and as such the person having the casting vote needs to pick one of the options that are left in the Schwartz set. If there was no preference between them, a choise will still need

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:54:50AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote: Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: If the chair ranked them equally in his ballot, why should he express a different preference when it comes to the casting vote? Oh, the obvious answer -- if the chair's preference didn't

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Steve Langasek The *only* use of a casting vote that is different from the original ballot is a strategic one, and we should never allow this. In the case described, the chair should just express the preference between the remaining options (perhaps by amending their vote, which is

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Steve Langasek: Obvious, but wrong. We use Condorcet to enable fully expressing our preferences among all the ballot options, not just our first-choice preference. The chair using a casting vote between two tied options (or three, which is the problematic case) is expressing a

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Russ Allbery
Matthias Urlichs sm...@smurf.noris.de writes: Steve Langasek: Obvious, but wrong. We use Condorcet to enable fully expressing our preferences among all the ballot options, not just our first-choice preference. The chair using a casting vote between two tied options (or three, which is the

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-11 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 08:22:19PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 10:59:34AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:18:41PM -0500, Sam Hartman wrote: Bdale == Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Bdale Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes:

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-10 Thread Dmitry E. Oboukhov
I vote: V U O :) -- . ''`. Dmitry E. Oboukhov : :’ : email: un...@debian.org jabber://un...@uvw.ru `. `~’ GPGKey: 1024D / F8E26537 2006-11-21 `- 1B23 D4F8 8EC0 D902 0555 E438 AB8C 00CF F8E2 6537 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Richard Hartmann
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 11:51 PM, Don Armstrong d...@debian.org wrote: I vote D U O V F. I would appreciate it if you could reply to self with signed mail re-stating this. Thanks, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 12:49:37PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: I have carefully considered Ian's current proposal for a process and schedule to reach a next ballot on the init system issue, and do not believe it is the best way for us to proceed. The fundamental problem is that I remain as

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Michael Gilbert: I'd be happy to see a change post-jessie, but I feel like it is a self-imposed rush to push anything through for jessie. Given that certain other distributions switched to systemd umpteen months ago, I see that less as rushing and more as we're late to the game and do NOT

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Colin Watson wrote: I vote UDOFV. So, this vote effectively gives systemd the win (assuming Bdale opts for the casting vote). This trumps the fact that Steve was in the midst of drafting a potentially agreeable ballot all around, and had stated his disappointment

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Serge Kosyrev
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 19:27, Michael Gilbert wrote: I vote UDOFV. So, this vote effectively gives systemd the win (assuming Bdale opts for the casting vote). This trumps the fact that Steve was in the midst of drafting a potentially agreeable ballot all around, and had stated his

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes (call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): I have carefully considered Ian's current proposal for a process and schedule to reach a next ballot on the init system issue, and do not believe it is the best way for us to proceed. This unannounced CFV is an abuse

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Keith Packard writes (Re: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): Let's finish that vote then and move on. Once again Bdale has proposed a vote on his own motion. However, my own proposal was on the table and has not been withdrawn. Bdale chose to put forward his ballot

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread James Rhodes
On 10/02/2014 6:21 AM, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Keith Packard writes (Re: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): Let's finish that vote then and move on. Once again Bdale has proposed a vote on his own motion. However, my own proposal was on the

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Serge Kosyrev
Serge Kosyrev skosy...@ptsecurity.ru writes: On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 19:27, Michael Gilbert wrote: I vote UDOFV. So, this vote effectively gives systemd the win (assuming Bdale opts for the casting vote). This trumps the fact that Steve was in the midst of drafting a potentially

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:41:38AM +0400, Serge Kosyrev wrote: Serge Kosyrev skosy...@ptsecurity.ru writes: On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 19:27, Michael Gilbert wrote: I vote UDOFV. So, this vote effectively gives systemd the win (assuming Bdale opts for the casting vote). This trumps

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread Anthony Towns
On 10 February 2014 06:41, Serge Kosyrev skosy...@ptsecurity.ru wrote: False. Three messages on this list brought this conflict of interest into light: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727708#2810 by Anthony Towns [...] There was no answer. So, fwiw, I thought the above was

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Bdale Garbee
I have carefully considered Ian's current proposal for a process and schedule to reach a next ballot on the init system issue, and do not believe it is the best way for us to proceed. The fundamental problem is that I remain as convinced now as I was when I posted my last CFV that conflating

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Bdale Garbee
Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: - - - start ballot - - - We exercise our power to decide in cases of overlapping jurisdiction (6.1.2) by asserting that the default init system for Linux architectures in jessie should be Dsystemd Uupstart Oopenrc Vsysvinit

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: The fundamental problem is that I remain as convinced now as I was when I posted my last CFV that conflating multiple questions in a single ballot is a bad idea. Our voting system works exceptionally well when we're trying to choose between multiple

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 12:49:37PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: So... I want to try and simplify this again using essentially the same ballot I put forth before, but with all the concerns raised by other committee members addressed... except for Ian's demand that we conflate the T vs L question

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I agree with Ian on this. At this point, it should be clear to everyone that, given the stated preferences of each member of the TC, the default init system for jessie will be systemd. But I do not think this is the most important aspect of the

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Bdale Garbee
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I will note for the record here that a number of DDs have at this point given the TC an ultimatum in private, stating that they will start a GR if the TC does not call for votes within a specified time limit. I suspect that this ultimatum didn't have

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Keith Packard
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I agree with Ian on this. At this point, it should be clear to everyone that, given the stated preferences of each member of the TC, the default init system for jessie will be systemd. Let's finish that vote then and move on. But I do not think this

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 02:18:39PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: I agree with Ian on this. At this point, it should be clear to everyone that, given the stated preferences of each member of the TC, the default init system for jessie will be systemd. Without an official vote we can *not* say

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sat, 08 Feb 2014, Bdale Garbee wrote: - - - start ballot - - - We exercise our power to decide in cases of overlapping jurisdiction (6.1.2) by asserting that the default init system for Linux architectures in jessie should be Dsystemd Uupstart Oopenrc V

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Keith Packard
Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: - - - start ballot - - - We exercise our power to decide in cases of overlapping jurisdiction (6.1.2) by asserting that the default init system for Linux architectures in jessie should be Dsystemd Uupstart Oopenrc Vsysvinit

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Keith Packard kei...@keithp.com writes: That is an entirely separate issue. I agree that it is important and needs to be resolved, but the Technical Committee is the wrong place to be designing this policy. We must (by 6.3.5) not engage in design of new proposals and policies. Well, in

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Keith Packard
Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes: Well, in defense of the discussion that Steve, Colin, and I have been having, I do think it's worthwhile for the TC to try to hammer out a compromise on that point as well and express it as either technical advice to the project or as technical policy.

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: Keith Packard writes: That is an entirely separate issue. I agree that it is important and needs to be resolved, but the Technical Committee is the wrong place to be designing this policy. We must (by 6.3.5) not engage in design of new

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 05:46:07PM -0500, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: This should not be our priority. Our purpose here is to make sound technical decisions on behalf of the project, not to preserve the TC's (or Debian's) reputation among third parties who have no legitimate say in the

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Michael Gilbert mgilb...@debian.org writes: On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: Well, in defense of the discussion that Steve, Colin, and I have been having, I do think it's worthwhile for the TC to try to hammer out a compromise on that point as well and express it as either

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 03:24:34PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: At this point, it's blocking folks inside Debian, who are stakeholders. It's not just the trolls of reddit and the internet, it's DDs who are annoyed there's no decision and integration work isn't started. We're less than a

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: Michael Gilbert writes: Why not hammer that out on -policy in public, and only if something goes wrong there, then defer it to the TC? Because -policy doesn't have a decision-making process other than consensus, so Ian's objections to all

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Paul Tagliamonte paul...@debian.org writes: As soon as we settle which init system is default (and by a rough count, I believe this issue is resolved now, thank you TC :) ) It's not. All ballot options have to have a majority above FD in order to be eligible to win the ballot. At least one

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 08/02/14 23:24, Steve Langasek wrote: There has never been anything blocking any Debian developer from doing work on improving the integration of systemd in Debian, on their own packages or on the packages of others. OTOH I'm eagerly awaiting the TC's decision[s] because it will likely

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Michael Gilbert mgilb...@debian.org writes: On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: Because -policy doesn't have a decision-making process other than consensus, so Ian's objections to all of the positions shy of L and my objections to L would deadlock and effectively block the

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org writes: IMHO it was a little frustrating that Ian's ballot couldn't go ahead last week and reach a consensus on both issues. I would be very interested in your comments, from the perspective of a non-Linux port maintainer, on the language that Steve and I

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Cameron Norman
El Sat, 8 de Feb 2014 a las 3:48 PM, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org escribió: Paul Tagliamonte paul...@debian.org writes: As soon as we settle which init system is default (and by a rough count, I believe this issue is resolved now, thank you TC :) ) It's not. All ballot options have to

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: I understand you think that, and I empathize, but I disagree. The fact is, I have limited time. If I'm going to focus on making a bigger impact with my work, I'm going to stick to dealing with issues that effect the most users. I don't

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Cameron Norman
El Sat, 8 de Feb 2014 a las 3:56 PM, Michael Gilbert mgilb...@debian.org escribió: On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: I understand you think that, and I empathize, but I disagree. The fact is, I have limited time. If I'm going to focus on making a bigger impact with my

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: But at least it would follow the usual process, and only when consensus does actually fail does the TC need to mediate. If you're looking for Policy Editors who enjoy running things through a process that won't be successful just so that we

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Russ Allbery
Michael Gilbert mgilb...@debian.org writes: On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: If you're looking for Policy Editors who enjoy running things through a process that won't be successful just so that we can say they've been run through a process, you're going to need someone

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 03:53:40PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: Steven Chamberlain ste...@pyro.eu.org writes: IMHO it was a little frustrating that Ian's ballot couldn't go ahead last week and reach a consensus on both issues. I would be very interested in your comments, from the perspective

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: Look, I've been involved in Policy work for years now. I think I have a pretty good intuition for what sort of questions can be dealt with usefully in that framework and which ones can't. You're certainly entitled to think that I'm wrong,

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Steve Langasek Annoyed, yes. Blocked, no. There has never been anything blocking any Debian developer from doing work on improving the integration of systemd in Debian, on their own packages or on the packages of others. This has always been possible, without making systemd the default

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 06:56:10PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: Why bring such a controversial and polarizing issue before the TC if the outcome doesn't matter much to you? OK, phrased badly. I don't care what it is, so long as it's not sysvinit :) I believe it to be broken, and not a

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: On Sat, Feb 08, 2014 at 06:56:10PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: Paul, you know I think you're awesome, but you've stirred up a whole lot of trouble here with a questionable motive. What motive is that, if I might ask?[1] :) [1]:

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: Instead, none of the important implementation related stuff has been discussed. Correction, a lot of that has been discussed, but there has been no progress on it due to the distraction on the bigger political problem. Best wishes, Mike

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Anthony Towns
On 9 February 2014 09:52, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: If you're looking for Policy Editors who enjoy running things through a process that won't be successful just so that we can say they've been run through a process, you're going to need someone other than me. In that case, wouldn't

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Anthony Towns writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): On 29 January 2014 21:13, Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:21:43AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-06 Thread Josh Triplett
Ian Jackson wrote: Anthony Towns writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): So looking at the votes today, I would have said that both Ian and Andi's original votes are against this (ranking the options which allow specifying a dependency on a specific

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Josh Triplett writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): That is a very interesting clarification, and not one that seems at all obvious from the text of 'L'. 'L' talks about Software outside of an init system's implementation, which does not seem like it

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-05 Thread Anthony Towns
Hey Colin, On 29 January 2014 21:13, Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:21:43AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as pid 1 ? Q2a: Is it OK for packages providing init systems to provide other APIs

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-05 Thread Josh Triplett
Anthony Towns wrote: On 29 January 2014 21:13, Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:21:43AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as pid 1 ? Q2a: Is it OK for packages providing init systems to

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:23:11AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote: Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Thus, I believe the only acceptable option for Q2 from among your set is requiring a specific init is permitted even if it is not the default one. But I would prefer to vote a ballot that

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-01 Thread Josh Triplett
Steve Langasek wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:23:11AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote: Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Thus, I believe the only acceptable option for Q2 from among your set is requiring a specific init is permitted even if it is not the default one. But I would

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-31 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
(I was informed, that my posts are not welcome anymore here. So, there is last one for all.) On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:05:19PM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: Sergey B Kirpichev skirpic...@gmail.com writes: I just wonder why nobody from tect-ctte take care about the exact specification of that

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-30 Thread Sergey B Kirpichev
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:13:33AM +, Colin Watson wrote: We might disagree on the extent, perhaps, but I doubt anyone on the committee would vote against this in its general form; both systemd and upstart implement interfaces beyond the bare minimum, though upstart certainly takes a more

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-30 Thread Bdale Garbee
Sergey B Kirpichev skirpic...@gmail.com writes: I just wonder why nobody from tect-ctte take care about the exact specification of that bare minimum (or, in other words, what exactly is wrong with sysvinit). In a sense, we all have done this, even if you don't see it explicitly written in

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:21:43AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On 28 January 2014 21:39, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: I don't want to pass a resolution specifying the default without also answering the other two, related, contentious questions: Q1: Do we intend to

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-29 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:05:01PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote: For anyone intending to make Debian the laughingstock of the open source world, here is a good opportunity: Debian decides that Upstart is the default init system for

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-29 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 19:01, Adrian Bunk wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:05:01PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: What makes you think gnome is going to be the default? http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=commitdiff;h=dfca406eb694e0ac00ea04b12fc912237e01c9b5 Read the text in

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes (call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): The default init system for Linux architectures in jessie should be 1. systemd 2. upstart 3. openrc 4. sysvinit (no change) 5. requires further discussion. It looks like this is going to

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): Bdale Garbee writes (call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): The default init system for Linux architectures in jessie should be D. systemd U. upstart R. openrc

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): So that leaves my text from yesterday: M. Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities and code remain

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Don Armstrong
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

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Ian Jackson wrote: Q1: Do we intend to support multiple systems long-term, or do we intend to settle on a single system, probably in jessie+1 ? Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as pid 1 ? [...] Firstly, as I have said, TC members

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Don Armstrong writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): 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

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Ian Jackson wrote: Q1: Do we intend to support multiple systems long-term, or do we intend to settle on a single system, probably in jessie+1 ? Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: If we are I to vote now, I would like to see on the ballot at least: If we choose to proceed with this kind of a vote, the combinations I care about are adequately captured by this list. I remain uncomfortable, however, about trying to be

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: I think there are the following three reasonable answers to Q1/Q2 taken together. i. Q1: Multiple in jessie Q2: Requiring specific init is forbidden ii. Q1: Multiple in jessie Q2: Requiring default init is permitted iii.

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes (Re: Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: I think there are the following three reasonable answers to Q1/Q2 taken together. i. Q1: Multiple in jessie Q2: Requiring specific

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: I think it doesn't make sense to allow people to require a non-default init. If you think it does then there are three possible answers to Q2: requiring a specific init is permitted even if it is not the default one, requiring the default

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Keith Packard
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: I think it doesn't make sense to allow people to require a non-default init. I think this position is consistent with allowing each maintainer broad autonomy, and not overly burdening them with requirements that may make it difficult or

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Keith Packard
Bdale Garbee bd...@gag.com writes: Thus, I believe the only acceptable option for Q2 from among your set is requiring a specific init is permitted even if it is not the default one. But I would prefer to vote a ballot that doesn't mention dependencies at all. I agree with this; I don't

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Keith Packard
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: If we are I to vote now, I would like to see on the ballot at least: DM systemd by default, but also others DO systemd only in jessie+1 UM upstart by default, but also others UO upstart only in jessie+1 RM openrc by

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:39:51AM +, 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

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:12:54AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote: Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: I think it doesn't make sense to allow people to require a non-default init. I think this position is consistent with allowing each maintainer broad autonomy, and not

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie [and 1 more messages]

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): Thus, I believe the only acceptable option for Q2 from among your set is requiring a specific init is permitted even if it is not the default one. But I would prefer to vote a ballot that doesn't mention

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Ian Jackson
Don Armstrong writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): 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

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Keith Packard
Adrian Bunk b...@stusta.de writes: Debian decides that Upstart is the default init system for jessie, but it's default desktop GNOME forces the installation of systemd. There are reasons I've left gnome behind... -- keith.pack...@intel.com pgpplPgi_3rkN.pgp Description: PGP signature

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-01-28 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk writes: I think there are the following three reasonable answers to Q1/Q2 taken together. i. Q1: Multiple in jessie Q2: Requiring specific init is forbidden ii. Q1: Multiple in jessie Q2: Requiring default init is permitted iii.

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