debian-faq: notes on systemd obsolete
Hi,
Current Debian FAQ in SVN says, in customizing.sgml :
<sect id="booting">Every distribution seems to have a different boot-up
method. Tell me about Debian's.
<p>Like all Unices, Debian boots up by executing the program <tt>init</tt>
<footnote>As of this writing, the unstable release for Debian GNU/Linux is
replacing sysvinit with <prgn/systemd/, a system and service manager for Linux. For
more information see <url id="https://wiki.debian.org/systemd";>.</footnote>.
The configuration file for <tt>init</tt> (which is <tt>/etc/inittab</tt>)
specifies that
This is obsolete.
I guess we should update it; and I'm in favor of mentioning e.g. openrc and
systemd-sysv as alternative ways to boot a Debian system.
Some pointers I've found:
https://www.debian.org/devel/tech-ctte#status
2014-02-11 Bug #727708: The committee decided that the default init system for
Linux architectures in jessie should be systemd.
[CTTE #727708] Default init system for Debian
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/02/msg00005.html
2014-08-01 Bug #746715: The technical committee expects maintainers to continue
to support the multiple available init systems.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/08/msg00001.html
[CTTE #746715] Continuing support for multiple init systems
2014-11-15 Bug #746578:The committee decided that systemd-shim should be the
first listed alternative dependency of libpam-systemd instead of systemd-sysv.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00010.html
[CTTE #746578] libpam-systemd to switch alternate dependency ordering
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/11/msg00000.html
[CTTE #762194] On automatic init system switching on upgrade
Thoughts? I am willing to write a draft text.
Bye,
Joost
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