Bug#727708: init system coupling etc.

[Andreas Barth <aba@ayous.org>]

* Ian Jackson (ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk) [140221 13:41]:
> Andreas Barth writes ("Bug#727708: init system coupling etc."):
> > Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) [140219 19:24]:
> > So I propose to change the text:
> > >
> > >     The Technical Committee offers no advice at this time on requirements
> > >     or package dependencies on specific init systems after the jessie
> > >     release.  There are too many variables at this point to know what the
> > >     correct course of action will be.
> > 
> > to
> > | The Technical Committee offers no advice regarding sysvinit
> > | compatibility at this time after the jessie release.  There are too
> > | many variables at this point to know what the correct course of action
> > | will be.
> > 
> > (the empty line above is there by purpose, i.e. it also merges this
> > paragraph with the previous one)
> 
> Looking at Russ's draft, he has already made an effectively identical
> change.  Russ's wording is:
> 
>     The Technical Committee offers no advice at this time on sysvinit
>     support beyond the jessie release.  There are too many variables at
>     this point to know what the correct course of action will be.
> 
> This differs from yours in the placement of "at this time" (see my
> previous mail) and in that it uses "beyond the jessie release" rather
> than "after the jessie release".  These don't seem to change the
> meaning much for me but improve the way it reads.
> 
> You may wish to adopt Russ's wording.

I do.


Andi