Re: Bug#727708: tech-ctte: Decide which init system to default to in Debian.

[Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>]

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.

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?

						- Ted