Bug#727708: tech-ctte: Decide which init system to default to in Debian.

2013-10-26 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 25/10/13 at 12:16 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: In response to the recent threads, I'd like to ask the tech-ctte to please vote on and decide on the default init system for Debian. I agree. I don't think that many substantial new arguments are going to be brought by waiting more on this

Bug#727708: tech-ctte: Decide which init system to default to in Debian.

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 11:07:36AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: I think that there are two different questions: 1) Could you clarify which init system(s) must be supported by packages involved during system startup (daemons, etc.) and low-level services? [ the answer to that

Bug#727708: tech-ctte: Decide which init system to default to in Debian.

2013-10-26 Thread Russ Allbery
Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I don't think either of these are the right question. Even if we change the default init system for jessie, because we *must* support backwards compatibility with sysvinit for upgrades, there is no justification for requiring packages to do anything

Bug#727708: tech-ctte: Decide which init system to default to in Debian.

2013-10-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:46:38AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org writes: I don't think either of these are the right question. Even if we change the default init system for jessie, because we *must* support backwards compatibility with sysvinit for upgrades,