Le mardi 14 janvier 2014 à 11:31 -0700, Bdale Garbee a écrit : > > If dependencies like "installing GNOME enforces systemd as init system" > > would be legal, then after a few more such dependencies it would turn > > out that systemd will be the only option available for virtually all > > users - and that all the hassle of supporting multiple init systems > > was a waste of effort. > > Please be careful about stacking assumptions like this. Equating GNOME > to "virtually all users" completely ignores the vast number of Debian > instances on servers, virtual machines, and embedded systems. And even > if you only think about client systems, in my own circle of friends > there's a lot more XFCE4 than GNOME these days.
As their maintainers have stated, Xfce4 and KDE are most likely going to require systemd soon. > > What is supposed to happen when I do "apt-get install sysvinit-core"? > > That's a great question. I suspect most of the effort in thinking about > init system transitions so far has gone in to figuring out how to replace > sysvinit. But if we're truly going to support alternatives, ensuring we > have a robust mechanism for deciding which of several init systems that > may be simultaneously installed is "active" and will control the next > boot is clearly a requirement. Only one thing comes to mind when reading about supporting multiple init systems and how to switch between them: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-January/msg00861.html -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
