Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Josselin Mouette writes ("Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal"):
> Le lundi 27 janvier 2014 à 16:59 +0000, Ian Jackson a écrit : 
> > I hereby propose the following resolution:
> > 
> >    1. Support for sysvinit is mandatory in jessie.
> > 
> >    2. Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the
> >       foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities
> >       and code remain healthy.  Nothing outside of an init system's
> >       implementation may require a specific init system to be pid 1.
> 
> Since this resolution would override the will of each maintainer to make
> his package depend on whatever init system the software depends on, it
> requires a 3:1 majority according to Constitution §6.1.4.

No, because this is exercising our power to set technical policy,
6.1.1.  I will send an updated version.

Ian.