Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

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

Don Armstrong writes ("Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie"):
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > >    M. Debian intends to support multiple init systems, for the
> > >       foreseeable future, and so long as their respective communities
> > >       and code remain healthy.  Software outside of an init system's
> > >       implementation may not require a specific init system to be
> > >       pid 1, although degraded operation is tolerable.
> 
> I still don't think the last sentence of this paragraph completely
> handles the cases where someone can legitimately depend on a specific
> init system or specific init system interface.
> 
> If we're supporting multiple init systems, then software which doesn't
> support multiple init systems which could feasibly do so is buggy. If
> patches to fix it appear and aren't applied, then people can appeal to
> the CTTE. It's not necessary or feasible for us to anticipate every
> single technical wrinkle and delay making a decision to do so.

Is there some rephrasing of this paragraph which would persuade you to
put it ahead of a ballot option with the paragraph entirely deleted ?

Ian.