Bug#727708: init system question before the technical committee

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Konstantinos Margaritis writes ("Bug#727708: init system question before the technical committee"):
> So I think this question should really be added as a con to systemd.

The way that the Debate wiki system works is that the proponents of
any particular answer are in charge of the page on that answer.

So it is up to the systemd maintainers whether they want to discuss
this question on their page.  They do indeed mention it there,
although fairly briefly.  Of course the proponents of other approaches
can mention this on their page, as some of them do.

The Debate format does make it rather difficult to collect negative
views on a particular option.  Given how controversial systemd seems
to be (compared to the alternatives) I wonder though whether there is
a sufficient quorum of systemd naysayers to make it worth a separate
"anything but just systemd" camp.  There's nothing stopping such a
page being created, ideally by a team led by someone with experience
of working within and persuading Debian.

Ian.