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

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:05:01PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > For anyone intending to make Debian the laughingstock of the open source
> > world, here is a good opportunity:
> >
> >   Debian decides that Upstart is the default init system for jessie,
> >   but it's default desktop GNOME forces the installation of systemd.
> 
> What makes you think gnome is going to be the default?
> 
> http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=commitdiff;h=dfca406eb694e0ac00ea04b12fc912237e01c9b5

Read the text in debian/changelog that is there - the final decision 
will be made in August (or later).

I was sarcastically describing a worst-case scenario that is not 
completely impossible - in reality I would expect enough sanity
in Debian to ensure that something depending on a non-default
init system cannot be part of a default installation.

> Best wishes,
> Mike

cu
Adrian

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