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Bug#727708: Thoughts/Summary on the init-system



* Andreas Metzler (ametzler@bebt.de) [140119 19:18]:
> could you provide a little bit of background why you consider both
> "Systemd on Linux, openrc/sysv-rc on non-Linux" and "Upstart
> everywhere" viable long-term but not "systemd on Linux  and upstart on
> !Linux"?


Because upstart won't survive Debians decision for systemd. And that
shouldn't come as a surprise because maintenance costs for
upstart-compatible packages are much higher when Debian moves the
packages away from sysv-style init scripts.


Andi


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