Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution
[Posted February 12, 2014 by jake]
| From: |
| Ian Jackson <ijackson-AT-chiark.greenend.org.uk> |
| To: |
| Don Armstrong <don-AT-debian.org>, 727708-AT-bugs.debian.org |
| Subject: |
| Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution |
| Date: |
| Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:09:29 +0000 |
| Message-ID: |
| <21234.46745.38568.30940__36901.2564224706$1391638373$gmane$org@chiark.greenend.org.uk> |
Don Armstrong writes ("Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution"):
> On Wed, 05 Feb 2014, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > 6. FD further discussion
> > 7. UT upstart default in jessie, requiring specific init is allowed
> > 8. OT openrc default in jessie, requiring specific init is allowed
> > 9. VT sysvinit default in jessie, requiring specific init is allowed
> > 10. DT systemd default in jessie, requiring specific init is allowed
>
> I'm puzzled by this ordering.
It's quite simple. I think the most important consideration is
whether Debian (or some people within Debian) end up forcing people to
use a particular init system.
> it's not clear to me why one would rank the current state of
> affairs with regards to init system dependencies below FD unless one
> was trying to engage the dropping mechanism of A.6.3.
That's certainly part of it.
> In fact, if this was your intention all along, it's not clear at all to
> me why we had to couple these votes.
You'll notice that my ranking of the init systems differs between the
T options and the L options.
Ian.
