Re: [draft] Draft text on Init Systems GR
Mike Gabriel writes:
> On Sa 09 Nov 2019 23:57:08 CET, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
>> The one thing I am against though is the non-Linux ports holding back
>> innovation and experimentation on the Linux ports. If we go with the
>> lowest common denominator, we can't realistically move forward, ever.
>
> I agree with that and at the same time think that we (Debian) should
> do our best at being universal (that's what the upcoming vote is
> about).
How so?
Debian doesn't support multiple libc implementations. So it's already
not universal if "universal" requires to always support alternative
implementations. Nor does Debian (the released distribution) support
non-Linux kernels. Nor does Debian support the various OpenSSL forks.
We also have lots of software that requires Linux-specific functions and
are not portable.
So in many, many cases Debian has made the choice to only support one
specific implementation of something.
Ansgar
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