Re: If Linux Is About Choice, Why Then ...
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On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 03:49:09PM +0200, Sven Hartge wrote:
> Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 07:01:45AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>
> >> Eh? You *do* have a choice of which init system to run; many people
> >> running Debian are still using sysvinit, myself included. The system
> >> handles this just fine; if you file a bug report via e.g. reportbug,
> >> it will automatically detect which init system you're running and
> >> include that information in the bug report.
> >>
> >> What you don't have is a choice *in the installer* of which init
> >> system to *start out with* ...
>
> > I've never been a Debian developer. What would the admin team do if
> > someone forked the installer to add that option and submitted it as a
> > variant?
>
> Forking und submitting is not the main part. Maintaining it for the
> forseeable future is.
To which I might add: Ian Jackson and Benda Xu are maintaining it.
Two months ago, Ian posted here a call for testers. To those vocal
people: feel like helping out? Having this option tomorrow might
depend on you!
regards
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