Bug#727708: init system question before the technical committee

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
> Ian Jackson writes:

>> So I would appreciate it if you (and by "you" I mean each side of the
>> argument) would make sure that your page represents the best case you
>> can put forward.

> This seems to have come along very well in the past few days.

> We now have five camps with pages with substantial content:

>   https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/multiple
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/openrc
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/systemd
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/sysvinit
>   https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/upstart

> Obviously people will need some time to further flesh this out and
> particularly to write rebuttals (or incorporate points into their main
> text which amount to rebuttals).

> If you're in one of these camps you'll probably want to subscribe to
> the pages of the others, so you can follow what they're doing and make
> sure to respond appropriately.

> How long do people think finalising this is going to take ?  There are
> some potential problems with setting a hard deadline in advance but
> we're hoping to deal with this matter fairly soon now.

We've now gotten confirmation from the maintainers of the systemd position
statement that they consider their statement basically finished.  I think
those are the only position statement maintainers we've heard from.

What is the current status of the other position statements from the
perspective of their maintainers?  Do people have a feel for when they'll
consider their positions finalized, at least pending Technical Committee
feedback and questions?

> Perhaps it would be good if the camp leader(s) for each camp would
> reply with a summary of:
>   - the status of their own main arguments: are you mostly done,
>      or do you expect to add more substantial points
>   - the status of their rebuttals: subject of course, to any future
>      changes by the other camps, how close are you to having what
>      you consider a good answer to the other camps' points ?

I think this would still be a good idea.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>