Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

Posted Nov 12, 2019 13:06 UTC (Tue) by BirAdam (guest, #132170)
In reply to: Debian reconsiders init-system diversity by andrewsh
Parent article: Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

I would agree the openrc would be better if there were not Debian systems already using SysV: Debian/kfreebsd, Devuan

Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

Posted Nov 12, 2019 13:18 UTC (Tue) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] (3 responses)

"Devuan uses xyz" is not, of itself, a particularly compelling argument as far as "what Debian should do regarding xyz". (In any event my understanding is that Devuan's position on init/rc systems is not so much "sysvinit vincit omnia" as it is "to hell with systemd".)

kFreeBSD is a more compelling argument, since it involves work happening within Debian, but leads to the obvious question: How much work would it actually be to make openrc play nicely on kFreeBSD? (I've never looked; I have no idea.)

Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

Posted Nov 12, 2019 22:39 UTC (Tue) by sjj (guest, #2020) [Link] (1 responses)

What is the point of considering kFreeBSD at all? Does it have more than ten users? I've never understood the point of it. Why would you want to do this at all?

It's insanity that this monstrosity that somebody somehow jammed into "Debian" now has to be considered in discussions about Debian's future directions.

Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

Posted Nov 13, 2019 4:36 UTC (Wed) by ncm (guest, #165) [Link]

It was an interesting experiment. That doesn't mean there is any reason it should affect decisions about Debian as a whole.

Debian reconsiders init-system diversity

Posted Nov 13, 2019 23:07 UTC (Wed) by flussence (guest, #85566) [Link]

OpenRC already supports non-Linux OSes by design; it was built for Gentoo which had support for running on BSD/OS X, and the original architect is a NetBSD developer. The only real requirement is a POSIX shell.