Bug#727708: init system discussion status
Russ Allbery writes ("Bug#727708: init system discussion status"):
> I consider the TC, when working properly, to be like a court, not an
> executive or legislature.
One of our roles is to rule on the content of policy. That's much
more like a legislative role.
I think we should see what the other TC members think.
> > No matter how creaky and obsolete the Debian menu system is (or is
> > thought to be in some quarters), that's not the way to go about things.
> > It causes significant technical problems, and it's also very rude.
>
> I would be more comfortable with this argument if we had a working Policy
> process that could reach these conclusions in a timely fashion. It's been
> obvious to me that desktop files are a better (and, more importantly, more
> widely supported) representation of this information for over six years
> now, but given that I, as a Policy Editor, don't know how to effectively
> get there from here, I have a hard time blaming the GNOME and KDE
> maintainers for not knowing either.
The TC has been more-or-less functional for some time. If the policy
process is not fit for purpose, or gets wedged due to lack of
consensus, or whatever, then the TC is the place where that can be
worked around.
The old excuse that our governance processes don't work is, I think,
no longer available in that case.
Ian.
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