Bug#727708: init system discussion status
Nikolaus Rath writes ("Bug#727708: init system discussion status"):
> As said elsewhere, I think there should be a paragraph about packages
> that depend on a specific init system for reasons other than service
> startup, e.g.
I agree with this.
> 4. The above criterium also extends to dependencies that are not related
> to service startup. In jessie, no package may depend on a single
> initsystem other than sysvinit. After jessie, no package may depend
> on a single init system other than the default init.
I don't think the default init should have an exception. The
alternative is that installing such a package might switch your init
system to satisfy the dependencies!
And I think all these bugs should be RC.
Thanks,
Ian.
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