Excerpts from Sam Hartman's message of 2014-02-10 17:29:47 -0800: > >>>>> "debianfan" == debianfan <debian...@hushmail.com> writes: > > debianfan> I would like to propose forking Debian if the ctte > debianfan> committee selects systemd > > It's with great hesitation that I jump in here, and I know what I'm > doing is wrong. > I hope I've earned enough credibility over the years in the project to > make a constructive but off-topic comment. > > > In all seriousness. > Forking, or creating a Debian downstream because you'd like a different > boot approach sounds like exactly the sort of constructive approach that > will help you solve your problems and get an operating system you're > happy with. > > Many people have created Debian derivatives. Debian is great for that > sort of thing. > > We even work with people who create Debian derivatives on a regular > basis. > > In this instance I'm quite positive that if interesting technical work > is done on such a fork several Debian developers will be delighted to > discuss what parts of it can be merged back in. > > Deriving from Debian is a great way to provide a custom experience. > If you find that our boot strategy doesn't work for you and you cannot > make the improvements you wish within Debian, then such a fork would be > a great way to constructively help us all out. > > however, the Debian TC list is not the right place to plan or ask about > how to create a Debian derivative. >
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a fork, or even another distro. Could just be a pure blend: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends As long as maintainers in Debian accept upstart / openrc / sysvinit / etc. scripts from the maintainers of the "not-systemd" blend.. we can all live in harmony. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1392090909-sup-3...@fewbar.com
