Bug#932704: Fwd: Bug#932704: debian-policy: Don't force sysvinit compatibility if e.g. alternate init required

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Mon 22 Jul 2019 at 10:15am -04, David Steele wrote:

> The use of the systemd API blocks the work of those who don't like
> systemd. Is that something that should that be addressed by Policy? I
> don't think so.
>
> Under the scenario where the systemd api is used by a package, the
> current Policy leads down a logical path resulting in vestigial init
> scripts with calls to systemctl. Is that a preferred result, relative
> to the proposed exception?
>
> I don't see how that ultimately meets anyone's goals for alternate init support.

Agreed, that's definitely not the preferred result.

-- 
Sean Whitton