On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:32:25 -0700, Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net> wrote: ... > In this case, the options I see being weighed are whether to support > sysvinit, upstart, or systemd, or some combination. ... > So, the contributor agreement is a factor, but not the only factor (or > even the primary factor). There is a big difference between supporting the use of something as an alternative, and choosing it as a default -- I'd expect that we're able to support the use of all of these to a greater or lesser extent, but the contributor agreement ensures that many people will vehemently resist its adoption as the Debian default, which is almost certainly enough to ensure it won't happen no matter if upstart were 1000 times better than every alternative in every dimension (and if that were the case I'd imagine we'd fork it to route around the problem, as with ice*) Cheers, Phil. -- |)| Philip Hands [+44 (0)20 8530 9560] http://www.hands.com/ |-| HANDS.COM Ltd. http://www.uk.debian.org/ |(| 10 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, London E18 1NE ENGLAND
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