Bug#727708: Value of reading other's position statements [was: systemd vs. whatever]

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

Steve Langasek writes ("Bug#727708: Value of reading other's position statements [was: systemd vs. whatever]"):
> I agree with all of the technical critiques here, I just don't see that this
> relatively minor issue, which can be documented and worked around (and
> ultimately, fixed upstream), is something that should be driving Debian's
> choice of init system.

One of the reasons that people are worried about replacing the
venerable sysvinit, is that they fear the loss of useful (sometimes,
essential) debugging techniques - of which this is one.

Ian.