Bug#830719: Document the removal of upstart, suggest switch to supported init
Baptiste Jammet:
> Control: tags -1 patch
>
> Hi,
>
> Dixit Michael Biebl, le 10/07/2016 :
>
>> The upstart init system has been removed from unstable/testing, so it
>> looks like it won't be part of the upcoming stretch release.
>> I raised this issue on debian-devel [1] and one recommendation was,
>> that this fact should be mentioned in the release notes. We should
>> suggest that users switch to a supported alternative because
>> post-stretch it's likely that maintainers start removing native
>> upstart jobs.
>
> I write a section about it and I put it in the end of the Issues
> chapter.
> Please comment and correct.
> (I could commit in some weeks if nobody disagree)
>
> Baptiste
>
Hi,
Thanks for the patch.
It looks good to me - though I would probably have done a:
s/You should also consider a switch/Please consider switching/
Feel free to commit with or without the change.
Thanks,
~Niels
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