Re: systemd, again (Re: Cinnamon environment now available in testing)
2014-09-05 17:23 GMT+02:00 Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com>:
> On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 16:07 +0200, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
>> 2014-09-05 15:12 GMT+02:00 Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com>:
>> > On Fri, 2014-09-05 at 14:20 +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
>
>> > How? All efforts so far and bugs reported are being brought down
>> > actively.
>> Install systemd-shim + sysvinit-core, or simply pin systemd-sysv will
>> be enough to install the shim and don't get systemd.
>> So yes, this is possible, and the systemd maintainers are doing a
>> great job in creating a seamless transition without blocking anyone
>> who doesn't want to use systemd for whatever reason.
>
> And proposing a solution for a systemd-free (advanced) menu item in the
> installer will be accepted too?
If someone stands up and does the work, I guess so - but doing that is
a non-trivial task, since systemd is seeded by debootstrap at a very
early stage.
It would probably be much less pain to simply swap systemd-sysv with
sysvinit-core as soon as the system is installed.
Cheers,
Matthias
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