Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-18 Thread Paul Wise
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 4:00 AM, Simon Richter wrote: > The technical shortcomings of systemd are the smaller problem here. The > way I've been treated (stopping short of directly accusing me to > actively look for problems to complain about) whenever I was raising a > technical issue suggests to

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Luca Falavigna writes: > 2. Specific init systems as PID 1 > > Debian packages may require a specific init system to be executed > as PID 1 if their maintainers consider this a requisite for its proper > operation by clearly mark this in package descriptions and/or > by adding dependencies

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Vincent Bernat
❦ 18 octobre 2014 12:21 +0200, Luca Falavigna  : > Dear fellow Developers, > > I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, > and I hereby call for seconds. > > > > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** [...] Seconded. -- Format a program to help the reader understand it. -

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Philipp Kern
Hi. On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:21:18PM +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Arno Töll
Hi Luca, On 18.10.2014 12:21, Luca Falavigna wrote: > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the question of "co

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Antonio Terceiro
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:21:18PM +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the ques

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Lucas Nussbaum: > While I understand your concerns, I think that it is highly unlikely > that we will decide to change the default init system to something that > would break existing packages without a known reasonable way to fix > them. > Exactly. We decided to change our (default) init sy

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Luca, On 18/10/14 at 15:53 +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > Hi Lucas, > > Thank you for your feedback! > > 2014-10-18 14:13 GMT+02:00 Lucas Nussbaum : > > 1) packages may require the default init system if: > > - their maintainer consider this a prerequisite for its proper operation > > - no pa

Re: Proposed amendement: be more careful when proposing a GR.

2014-10-18 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Charles Plessy: > This is why I am proposing this amendement, to say: “this GR was a bad idea, > please do not do it again”. > I would not regard it as an amendment, but as a separate alternative option on the ballot. If I were you, I'd add another paragraph, like >> Regarding the subject of

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Luca Falavigna
Hi Lucas, Thank you for your feedback! 2014-10-18 14:13 GMT+02:00 Lucas Nussbaum : > 1) packages may require the default init system if: > - their maintainer consider this a prerequisite for its proper operation > - no patches or other derived works exist in order to support other init > system

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Luca Falavigna
Hi, Thank you for your feedback! 2014-10-18 13:50 GMT+02:00 The Wanderer : > Imagine that the maintainer of package foo decides, as they are entitled > to do under this proposal, that 'foo requires upstart for proper > operation' (choosing upstart just as an example here), and adds a > dependency

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 18/10/14 at 12:21 +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > 2. Specific init systems as PID 1 > > Debian packages may require a specific init system to be executed > as PID 1 if their maintainers consider this a requisite for its proper > operation by clearly mark this in package descriptions and/or

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread The Wanderer
On 10/18/2014 at 06:21 AM, Luca Falavigna wrote: > Dear fellow Developers, > > I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, and I > hereby call for seconds. > > > > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > 2. Specific init systems as PID 1 > > Debian packages may require a specific in

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:21:18PM +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the ques

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Nicolas Dandrimont
* Luca Falavigna [2014-10-18 12:21:18 +0200]: > Dear fellow Developers, > > I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, > and I hereby call for seconds. > > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > [snip] > > 2. Specific init systems as PID 1 > > Debian packages may require a spec

Re: Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Samstag, 18. Oktober 2014, Luca Falavigna wrote: > ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee > decided not to decide about the question of

Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-18 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 11:40:49AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 09:14:06PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > > So let's just assume for now that I would come to the same conclusion. > > When do you think you'll do an authoritative assessment of this matter? I did have to c

Alternative proposal: reaffirm maintainers technical competence over the software they maintain

2014-10-18 Thread Luca Falavigna
Dear fellow Developers, I would like to propose the following amendment proposal, and I hereby call for seconds. ** Begin Alternative Proposal ** 0. Rationale Debian has decided (via the Technical Committee) to change its default init system for the next release. The Technical Committee

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-18 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Fri, October 17, 2014 19:42, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 01:44:06PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 09:44:16AM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> > I am therefore bringing forward an alternative proposal >> >> Recieved, and verified. Note, this has been propo

Re: Re-Proposal - preserve freedom of choice of init systems

2014-10-18 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 09:14:06PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote: > So let's just assume for now that I would come to the same conclusion. When do you think you'll do an authoritative assessment of this matter? Thanks, -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître

Re: Proposed amendement: be more careful when proposing a GR.

2014-10-18 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 12:37:19PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs a écrit : > > Charles Plessy: > > --- > > The Debian project asks its members to be more considerate when proposing > > General Resolutions, and in particular to take

Re: Alternative proposal: support for alternative init systems is desirable but not mandatory

2014-10-18 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 18/10/14 at 04:14 +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Thanks a lot for your analysis, Lucas. I find it _very_ helpful! > > Quoting Lucas Nussbaum (2014-10-17 22:23:14) > > Q2: support for alternative init systems as PID 1 > > = > > A2.1: packages MU