Re: upgrades must not change the installed init system [was: Re: Cinnamon environment now available in testing]

[Mathieu Parent <math.parent@gmail.com>]

2014-09-09 13:46 GMT+02:00 Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez <clopez@igalia.com>:
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> So, when upgrading from Wheezy to Jessie, we have three options:
>
> 1) Keep the user init system (sysvinit most probably)
> 2) Upgrade to systemd after asking the user.
> 3) Upgrade to systemd silently without asking the user.

4) Upgrade to systemd silently without asking the user AND add a grub
entry to use old init

This will provide the intended default with an extra compatibility
layer (like the former grub1 to grub2 chain).

Regards

-- 
Mathieu