Bug#727708: loose ends for init system decision

[Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no>]

]] Ian Jackson 

> Nikolaus Rath writes ("Bug#727708: loose ends for init system decision"):
> > I think there is one additional questions that will probably need to be
> > decided by the tc but hasn't really been discussed yet:
> > 
> > Will packages that explicity depend on a (non-default) init system be
> > allowed in Debian?
> 
> My answer to this is "no".
> 
> So, firstly, I would say that all packages must, in jessie at least,
> continue to support sysvinit.  Russ (from the other side of the
> upstart/systemd fence) agrees.  Failure to support sysvinit would be
> an RC bug.

I think it would be unwise to require upstart and systemd to continue to
support sysvinit.  I'm not even sure what that would mean, in particular
in the case of systemd-sysv whose sole purpose is to replace sysvinit.

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Tollef Fog Heen
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