On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 05:40:04PM +0100, Lorenzo wrote: > About the list of TODO in #923450;
It looks like you've done a great job of fulfilling these requirements. I hope we can see this resolved quickly now for new users! > > * It should be possible to configure the init system to provide a > > getty > > on a serial console, for testability on headless servers and VMs, > > and it should be documented how to do this. > > (systemd makes this very convenient, by starting a getty on the > > kernel > > console by default, and I would encourage this approach. sysvinit is > > less convenient here, but does at least have a relatively well-known > > way to enable a getty on a serial console.) > > The getty-run package also provides a getty-ttyS0 service that is > disabled by default. > > TODO: - document how to enable the getty on a serial console or > - enable it by default I do not think the serial console should be enabled by default. That is a recipe for disaster on embedded systems or systems with specialist uses for the serial port, UPS controls, etc. - in this case I am not convinced that systemd is setting the best example to follow.
