Debian decides on systemd—for now

Posted Feb 13, 2014 8:01 UTC (Thu) by Felix (guest, #36445)
Parent article: Debian decides on systemd—for now

> Sébastien Villemot posted an analysis showing one possible surprising outcome: "In particular, if the ballot had not included the options about coupling, then systemd would have won because of the casting vote of the chairman."

To me the reference to "the ballot" was confusing because I assumed this was the latest ballot which systemd actually "won" by the casting vote. But Sébastien's analysis refers to Ian's previous ballot (init + coupling, just a bit simplified) and shows that upstart coupling could have won Ian's ballot because of the ranking of the L/T options.

Maybe you can amend the citation a bit so it's clear which ballot Sébastien refers to?