Hi,
On 14/08/2021 08:42, Paul Gevers wrote:
On 09-08-2021 22:53, Matthew Vernon wrote:
Not currently (I imagine something like it will end up there
eventually); I think it warrants being in the release notes because it's
quite a significant change from Buster (where non-systemd inits were
largely unusable on desktop systems).
If that's the case, it makes more sense to mention it in the whats-new
section, keep it short and link to a wiki.
I'm not sure I really agree, but _something_ would be better than
nothing, so if that's what is necessary to get something into the
release notes, then how about the attached?
I've also opened
https://salsa.debian.org/ddp-team/release-notes/-/merge_requests/124 to
apply this.
Is that agreeable?
Regards,
Matthew
>From 33b4b6a4717a002a6aa099d0d016bed9f7911a62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Vernon <matt...@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 16:26:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Short note on improved init support, link to wiki (Closes:
#992025)
Feedback on !119 / #992025 was that some people would rather a much
shorter note on the improved support for alternative inits, and a link
to the Debian wiki for more detailed instructions.
I think this approach is less helpful to our users, but something is
better than nothing...
---
en/whats-new.dbk | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk
index e7f6aedd..d008cc7a 100644
--- a/en/whats-new.dbk
+++ b/en/whats-new.dbk
@@ -549,5 +549,19 @@ Among many others, this release also includes the following software updates:
</para>
</section>
+<section id="inits-xx">
+ <!-- buster to bullseye -->
+ <title>Improved support for alternative init systems</title>
+ <para>
+ The default init system in Debian is systemd. In bullseye, a
+ number of alternative init systems are supported (such as
+ System-V-style init and OpenRC), and most desktop environments now
+ work well on systems running alternative inits. Details on how to
+ switch init system (and where to get help with issues related to
+ running inits other than systemd) are available <ulink
+ url="https://wiki.debian.org/Init";>on the Debian wiki</ulink>.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
</section>
</chapter>
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