Re: Bug#727708: tech-ctte: Decide which init system to default to in Debian.
Hi,
On 31/10/13 12:45, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On a different subject, which I don't think has been raised so far ---
> has the Debian maintinares for the upstart package made any comments
> about bug fixes or code contributions from Debian Developers who are
> personally opposed to being forced to sign copyright assignment
> agreements, or for whom their employers forbid them from signing
> copyright assignment aggrements (both of which apply to me). If I
> submit a bugfix as part of a bug report, will the Upstart maintainers
> reject it out of hand if I have not executed a copyright assignment
> with Canonical, or will they be willing to consider either carrying it
> as a local Debian patch, and/or rewrite the commit and submit it
> upstream to Canonical?
>
> I don't think copyright assignment is a concern which afflicts
> Systemd, although there is a related concern which is that the
> upstream systemd developers appear to have a very strong point of
> view, and if there is some change which is needed for Debian or
> Debian's users, and it conflicts with their point of view, I could
> imagine situations where the Debian maintainers for systemd might need
> to carry a Debian-specific change, perhaps indefinitely.
That's no different to any other package.
> Is this something that has been considered by the maintainers, and is
> this something which is important to other DD's and the
> tech-committee?
See e.g.
https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/upstart
https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/systemd
(look for agreement)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=727708
(look for CLA)
Personally I think this is an issue that the TC should take into account, though
it is true that we could always fork upstart and take patches from upstream as
needed.
Cheers,
Emilio
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