Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 08 November 2014 15:31:02 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote:
> Andrei Popescu:
> > Upstart was the only realcontender to systemd at the time of the
> >
>  > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being
>  > replaced by systemd everywhere.
>
> Tanstaafl:
> > And why was OPenRC not acontender?
>
> Jonathan de Boyne Pollard:
> > Your question takes a falsehood  as its premise.  It actually was,
> >
>  > contrary to what M. Popescu dismissively stated. Several members of
>  > the technical committee took it and tried to use it themselves, just
>  > as they did the other systems; and it was included on the formal
>  > ballots and in the votes.
>
> Andrei Popescu:
> > Quote from above, with added  emphasis:
>  >> Upstart was the only *real* contender to systemd *at the time* of
>  >> the evaluation for the Technical Committee, [...]
>
> Yes, that's exactly where you were dismissive.  It ill behove you, and
> you were wrong.

No, the final vote was between upstart and systemd.

Lisi