Re: [draft] Debian/Hurd porters position in the default init system debate

2014-01-31 Thread Samuel Thibault
Justus Winter, le Fri 31 Jan 2014 11:57:30 +0100, a écrit : > 2. We are currently switching to sysvinit for Debian/Hurd. All the > Hurd patches are in place, patches for the sysvinit package are > awaiting inclusion. They are included, and just awaiting upload now. Samuel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: [draft] Debian/Hurd porters position in the default init system debate

2014-01-31 Thread Svante Signell
On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 12:53 +, Steven Chamberlain wrote: > On 31/01/14 10:57, Justus Winter wrote: > But if for example you'd planned to maintain OpenRC-specific runscripts > instead, that would be a reason for kFreeBSD to consider using OpenRC. We are currently working on getting openrc to w

Re: [draft] Debian/Hurd porters position in the default init system debate

2014-01-31 Thread Steven Chamberlain
On 31/01/14 10:57, Justus Winter wrote: > 1. Up to this day, Debian/Hurd has never used the current default init > system (sysvinit) but has relied on its own init and rc system. We > are prepared to use a non-default init system in the future. This will become increasingly difficult when SysV in

Re: [draft] Debian/Hurd porters position in the default init system debate

2014-01-31 Thread Justus Winter
Hi, Quoting Steven Chamberlain (2014-01-30 16:14:44) > Since you didn't mention Upstart in this draft, may I ask your point of > view on it? Is there any prospect/interest in using it on GNU/Hurd? I deliberately did not express any preference or mention neither upstart nor systemd. I'll update

Re: [draft] Debian/Hurd porters position in the default init system debate

2014-01-30 Thread Steven Chamberlain
Hi, Since you didn't mention Upstart in this draft, may I ask your point of view on it? Is there any prospect/interest in using it on GNU/Hurd? What if it becomes the default, or the second-most popular init system in Debian? Or if it is used by GNU/kFreeBSD for jessie? The main benefit I see

[draft] Debian/Hurd porters position in the default init system debate

2014-01-28 Thread Justus Winter
Hi :) we talked in #hurd about stating our position in the ongoing debate about Debians default init system. Here is my draft. ~~~ snip ~~~ We, the Debian/Hurd porters and developers, like to state our position in the current debate about the default init system for Debian. 1. Up to this day, D