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Bug#727708: init system discussion status



On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 04:40:54PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > And the other is that IMO the proposed prescription for non-Linux ports
> > doesn't make sense for systemd.  There is little prospect of systemd
> > being "ported" to those systems.

> I'd prefer to leave it in.  Upstream's opinions aside, systemd is free
> software and if someone wants to try to port it (or, possibly more likely,
> "port" it by writing something native that provides the same interfaces),
> they can.  Maybe upstream is right and it's untenable; maybe they're wrong
> and it's not as hard as they think.  I realize it's horribly unlikely for
> jessie, but still, as a matter of principle, I'd rather encourage the same
> software or at least the same interfaces across all of our ports.

If it's "horribly unlikely for jessie", then it doesn't seem to me like
something that the TC should be telling porters they "should" do.

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