Re: embrace, extend, extinguish

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

Le 02/09/2014 19:58, John Hasler a écrit :
>  Erwan David writes:
>> Please read the article pointed by the OP.
> I wrote:
>> Nobody is going to impose any changes on the Debian packaging system.
>> That's a nonstarter.
> Erwan David writes:
>> Even if in some later version systemd works only with this kind of
>> scheme ?
> Yes.  Remember the LSB?  What you suggest might actually be a good
> thing.  Debian would fork Systemd and then fix it, or else switch to
> Upstart or something as a default.
>
> And don't forget that Systemd is only the *default*.  The best thing to
> do at this point is to express strong interest in and support for
> alternatives.  File bugs and raise a stink whenever you find a package
> that gratuitously requires Systemd.  Offer patches when you can.

aptitude remove systemd -> downgrade almost everything to stable...
Ok no program present in stable should depend on systemd...

that's a lot of bugs to open...