On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 15:47:39 +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > Upstart doesn't work on any kernels other than Linux. The original goal was > to have a compat layer to pull upstart jobs into the sysvinit system, which > would both address the hurd/BSD kernel issues and allow a soft transition to > upstart where users could opt to stay with sysvinit, but this compat layer > hasn't materialized. > > So upstart by default in squeeze would require one of: > > - a compat layer for non-Linux ports > - an upstart port to kfreebsd (and ideally hurd) > - a decision to drop kfreebsd as a release architecture > Thanks for the explanation, Steve.
Since 1 and 2 aren't happening, I think we should consider going with the third option. That's assuming there's still time to move to upstart before the squeeze freeze; if there isn't, that means we should have decided to drop kfreebsd earlier. Cheers, Julien
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