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Re: Proposal: switch init system to systemd or upstart



On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 02:09:44PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:

> Are either of the alternatives, at the versions currently in Debian
> testing, ready for the migration? (I have no idea, I'm wondering out
> loud).

upstart is two package integration uploads away from being ready.

> How long might the migration take? Are we talking Jessie or Jessie+1
> here? Jessie+2?

There's no reason not to make the change in jessie, once the decision is
made.

> I can see some / many services being migrated but *all* ?

All the options maintain compatibility with sysvinit scripts; there is no
flag day here.

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