Bug#727708: init system resolution - revised proposal

[Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>]

  Hi!

  Apologies for jumping into the discussion even though I'm not a Debian
Developer.

> == dependencies rider version L (Loose coupling) ==
> 
>    This decision is limited to selecting a default initsystem; we
>    continue to welcome contributions of support for all init systems.
> 
>    Software outside of an init system's implementation may not require
>    a specific init system to be pid 1, although degraded operation is
>    tolerable.
> 
>    Maintainers are encouraged to accept technically sound patches
>    to enable improved interoperation with various init systems.

  I'd just like to clarify - say we have a scenario (that I assume might
be realistic) where without systemd, locking screen in GNOME and some
other fairly basic features do not work (have unfixed bugs, possibly
with security implications; possibly these features would be entirely
disabled because of that).  GNOME would also display a warning window on
login notifying the user that for a proper GNOME experience, they should
switch their system to systemd.  Some *gnome* packages would have
Recommends: systemd.

  (Nevertheless, installing (major components of) GNOME might still
be useful for users that do not wish to use the complete desktop
environment but perhaps would want to install a variety of GNOME
applications or work around these issues in their special-purpose
environment.)

  Would such a particular example of (greatly, but not fatally) degraded
operation fall within the intent of this proposal?

  Thanks,

				Petr "Pasky" Baudis