On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:25:14AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> writes: > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 01:06:41PM +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote: > >> If I understand correctly, the current Ubuntu version 1.4-0ubuntu8 > >> works perfectly for Debian. Is there any reason to not upload this > >> version to Debian? > > The main reason is that there is as yet no solid policy that would allow > > native upstart jobs to be included in Debian packages. Without that, > > the newer upstream versions of upstart deliver very little value. > > I have patches outstanding for debhelper (bug #577040), sysvinit > > (#660824, just filed though the patch has been discussed previously), > > and lsb (bug #661109). Combined with finalizing policy bug #591791, > > that would put us on firm footing for including upstart jobs in Debian > > packages without breaking the sysvinit world. Then and only then do I > > think it's worth looking at bringing upstart 1.4 into Debian. > Ball's in your court on the Policy bug. :) (Not that Steve is the only > person who can push it forward, of course.) I know. ;) I'm going to circle around to that this weekend now that I've pushed the patches to the BTS. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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