On 10/02/14 19:42, Russ Allbery wrote: > Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.com.au> writes: > >> However, when I look for an up to date summary of the situation that is >> one of the top things revealed in Google > >> Other high ranking pages on the topic don't seem to be up to date: > >> https://wiki.debian.org/Debate/initsystem/ >> https://wiki.debian.org/systemd > >> Is there any page that anybody is maintaining with live updates on the >> key points people need to know (without digging through the threads)? > > The TC is not in a position to say much at the moment. TC voting on the > question posed Saturday hasn't ended yet (Andi hasn't voted), and even at > its conclusion, that statement is going to necessarily be fairly sparse. > There is ongoing (I hope) discussion over whether to offer technical > advice to the project on how to handle sysvinit compatibility for jessie, > dependencies, and the possibility of support for multiple init systems, > which has not concluded. I think there's general consensus that no one > should rush into anything, packaging-wise, until we have a good idea of > how we're handling those issues, whether or not the TC is the appropriate > place to hammer them out.
I wasn't pushing for commitments in any form - just a summary of points that are agreed, points that remain contentious, roadmap for decision making, etc > In addition, given previous public statements, it seems at least somewhat > likely that we're going to have a GR, so from the press perspective the > whole question is not settled. > > I personally would defer to the Debian press team to decide whether they > feel we should make a public statement at this time. I think we're still > in the middle of our process, which I understand that a lot of people > outside the project find baffling and protracted. I'm not sure whether > it's a good idea to comment on that or not. > > My personal professional experience is that ignoring the press unless you > have something specific you want to say is a good default, but this is > *far* from my area of expertise. > I have little expertise in that too, but this strategy has been used recently with smartphones and it could be fun: a) put a "preview" of jessie with (insert name of new init system) on a laptop b) leave the laptop in a gym or bar c) somebody "finds" laptop with (not exactly secret or proprietary code) and press duly reports an "exclusive" leak -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52f92005.7010...@pocock.com.au
