On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 08:12:19PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > > Part of my goal in writing up that plan was, as you > > say, to try to provide a means for people who are committed to one system > > or the other to continue to work on what they're passionate about even if > > it's not chosen as the default init system. > Unfortunately at least two camps will be entirely dejected by any TC > mandate here. I don't agree with that conclusion. When it comes to technology choices, you win some and you lose some. If upstart wins, I will be happy. If systemd wins, I will also be happy, because it's long overdue that Debian *make a decision*; and for all that there are aspects of systemd that make me uncomfortable, it will still be far better than the status quo. Your proposal smells like the status quo. Namely, instead of the project making a decision and being able to all pull together in the same direction to provide the best possible OS, we will continue to coast, squandering efforts on preserving users' ability to make choices about things that no user should ever be asked to care about. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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