Hi :) The TC init discussion has diverged significantly from Debian's usual ideals of freedom and meritocracy, so I decided to do something about it.
So, today I wrote init-select. It's a small tool that empowers users to freely and simply choose among all of the available init systems. It also empowers Debian contributors to devote their energy toward their favorite init knowing that users can easily swap inits to try the new features they are working on. But most importantly, it provides a path for eliminating the politicization of the init system problem. That would be achieved if Debian's default init were to simply become init-select's default. Now, I certainly don't want all that weight solely on my shoulders, so I would very much prefer this choice to be team-maintained, and I think the installer/boot team has the expertise and clout to make the right choice when the time is really right to change the default Debian init. The initial package is up for review at: http://people.debian.org/~mgilbert/other I've set the maintainer to debian-boot now in the hope that this proposal sounds reasonable. There is of course more work to do, which is documented in a TODO file in the source, which will make the package better, but the existing functionality, I think, is already useful. I can switch inits on a whim in seconds now. Anyway, that is my modest proposal. I hope this doesn't sound too overly idealistic, intrusive, or I suppose out of the blue :) Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANTw=MPLNu6-ss4uOtv+kSF8bPyGOvBC4FjeNYaOVr=pf6g...@mail.gmail.com
