Re: CTTE and Developer Buy-in [Re: Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion]
Raphael Hertzog writes ("Re: CTTE and Developer Buy-in [Re: Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion]"):
> I do. I know at least one person who expressed his intent to leave Debian
> if Debian wasn't able to make the choice of systemd. So if one is ready to
> resign, there will likely be other developers who are ready to start a GR.
It's clear that there are people with very strong feelings.
What we don't know is how the balance of numbers work out.
Based on the responses to the recurring flamewars on debian-devel, I
think the majority of contributors are happy not to have to wrestle
with this decision and would prefer to leave it to us.
As the TC, I think we have two options for the process:
(a) Make a decision based on our assessment of the merits; that
includes considering the strength and health of the communites
behind each project. But for me it doesn't include consideration
of their raw popularity or unpopularity in the Debian ecosystem.
Expect a GR if our decision is too unpopular.
(b) Decline to make a decision and propose a GR.
Colin was casting about for a plausible intermediate approach perhaps
involving a straw poll. I'm explaining why I think that's not a good
idea; perhaps even a worse idea than (b).
I don't think any of the TC are going to propose (b). Perhaps we
should put (b) on the TC ballot for form's sake; I guess most of the
TC would vote it above FD.
Ian.
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