On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU <[email protected]> wrote: > It was claimed that sysvinit was the default *and only* (emphasis not > mine) init, and therefore no selection was needed, but now that there > are several a selection suddenly is needed.
I don't recall claiming that sysvinit was the *only* init, nor do I recall anyone else making such a claim. I merely pointed out that it was the *default* for many, many years (actual time unknown and googling didn't easily reveal it). > I was just pointing out that alternatives were indeed available, for > quite some time, Yes, but obviously no one was switching often enough for any bugs to allow for easy switching to be opened/scratched. My very simple point is and has been that, *because* the *default* init system for debian has been sysvinit since anyone can apparently remember, the very act of even *suggesting* that it be switched in jessie to not only a *different*, but a (relatively) *very new* one, should have invoked a very simple requirement - for which the responsibility for implementation and maintenance would be on those calling for the switch - to provide a means for easily switching back and forth so that everyone else could easily test things, and ultimately, after the release of jessie with the new default, provide a means to easily choose the previous default installer at both update *and* install time, and maintain such at *least* during the life of the jessie (if not jessie+1). > it's just that maintainers and users of alternate inits did not yell > at the sysvinit maintainers to implement the choice for them. And I would argue that the number of people who did switch was probably miniscule, with respect to the entire debian user base. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
