Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Q1: Do we intend to support multiple systems long-term, or do we
> intend to settle on a single system, probably in jessie+1 ?
>
> Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as
> pid 1 ?
[...]
> Firstly, as I have said, TC members should be able to express the
> preference "only X, X by default but also others, Y by default but
> also others, Y", which is a perfectly reasonable one but which cannot
> be expressed by a concurrent ballots
The only reason to interlink these questions is if the ordering of
someone's preference on the init system question is dependent on their
preference on these two questions. If that's the case, then whoever
feels that way should propose a draft which includes an option which
handles that particular case.
> Secondly, making a decision on the default without clearly stating a
> requirement for support for multiple systems risks a situation where
> partisans for the winning system create "facts on the ground" which
> make it difficult to support multiple systems.
This presupposes bad faith, and even if it were so, such behavior would
still be possible even if we voted in a single decision.
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