Re: systemd, again (Re: Cinnamon environment now available in testing)
On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 12:18:08PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Zack Weinberg:
> > I think this strategy is positively _necessary_ in order to ensure
> > that systems currently running Wheezy can safely be upgraded to
> > Jessie. There are simply too many wacky configurations out there; it
>
> If we do decide that a default switch is unsafe for too many systems, then
> I wouldn't have a problem with, for instance, adding a debconf question to
> systemd-sysv's preinst which tells people what to do if they don't want
> systemd for whatever reason.
>
> > [ symlink and co-installability ]
>
> If technically feasible, that would be a far better safety net (just tell
> people to boot with init=/sbin/sysvinit if they run into a problem) than
> an "oh dear, it's so dangerous that we don't even install it by default"
> message. :-/
Surely, it should be an OPT-IN choice, not an OPT-OUT one? I'm talking
upgrades here, not new installs.
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