Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal

[Posted January 29, 2014 by corbet]

From:		Ian Jackson <ijackson-AT-chiark.greenend.org.uk>
To:		727708-AT-bugs.debian.org
Subject:		Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal
Date:		Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:59:03 +0000
Message-ID:		<21222.36951.920001.779170@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Archive‑link:		Article

I hereby propose the following resolution:

   1. Support for sysvinit is mandatory in jessie.

   2. Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the
      foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities
      and code remain healthy.  Nothing outside of an init system's
      implementation may require a specific init system to be pid 1.

Please send comments, or formal amendment proposals, by 2014-01-28
17:00 UTC.  I will call a vote on some version(s) then.

Ian.