On Sun, Sep 07, 2014 at 12:18:08PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > Hi, > > Zack Weinberg: > > I think this strategy is positively _necessary_ in order to ensure > > that systems currently running Wheezy can safely be upgraded to > > Jessie. There are simply too many wacky configurations out there; it > > If we do decide that a default switch is unsafe for too many systems, then > I wouldn't have a problem with, for instance, adding a debconf question to > systemd-sysv's preinst which tells people what to do if they don't want > systemd for whatever reason. > > > [ symlink and co-installability ] > > If technically feasible, that would be a far better safety net (just tell > people to boot with init=/sbin/sysvinit if they run into a problem) than > an "oh dear, it's so dangerous that we don't even install it by default" > message. :-/
Surely, it should be an OPT-IN choice, not an OPT-OUT one? I'm talking upgrades here, not new installs. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140907111201.GA11840@tal
