On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 02:57, Simon Richter <s...@debian.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 5/27/24 22:18, Simon McVittie wrote: > > > So I think your syslogd-is-journald could not be a Provides on the > > existing systemd-sysv package, and would have to be a separate package. > > I'm not sure that the benefit is worth it (and I see that Luca is sure > > that the benefit *isn't* worth it). > > I agree -- that's why I suggested changing the dependency to > > "systemd-sysv | system-log-daemon" > > This does not require an extra package, leaves out the system-log-daemon > on most systems, still leaves the option of co-installing a flat logging > daemon parallel to journald, and the packages work out-of-the-box on > derived non-systemd distributions, so we don't waste developer time on > maintaining a fork just for this issue.
That would mean tons of extra stuff gets pulled in single-process containers using said package and similar setups, for exactly zero advantages.
