Re: Deadline for jessie init system choice
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 16:14 +0000, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Thu 12 Dec 2013 at 23:37:31 +0400, Pavel Volkov wrote:
> >
> >> I've browsed through the hot debates here
> >> https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem
> >>
> >> and the LWN article https://lwn.net/Articles/572805/
> >>
> >> But there's no mention about when the deadline for the final decision on future
> >> init system(s) is.
> >> I have to prepare my heart for it, does anybody know?
> >
> > Debian doesn't have deadlines. You'll have to wait. Think in terms of
> > a couple of years for a decision to be made.
>
> The Debian release date isn't set but its freeze date is 5 November
> 2014 and that's the important date in respect of this decision.
>
> But the earlier in the cycle that a decision is taken, the better.
So if I later today set up Debian stable, I better directly drop init
and install systemd during installation? I dislike systemd, but I
already use it for a long time with my Arch Linux.
IOW, Debian will drop init and will switch to systemd in the future?
Regards,
Ralf
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