On 23/11/14 03:03, Buntunub wrote: > I understand your reasons for thinking Systemd is bad for Debian. I do, and I > also agree with some of them. However, Debian is composed of a diverse group > of people who have every viewpoint under the sun from Systemd is the bane of > Linux, to Systemd is the best thing to ever happen to Linux. No matter where > you fall in that spectrum though, there is one common denominator, and that > is that we all use and love Debian. Let's start from there. > > Making Systemd default in Jessie I believe runs against the Debian > philosophy of conservative approach and "release when ready". While I > personally disagree with Systemd, I have no problems with it being a part of > the Debian family of supported apps. I do feel it is very unwise though to > make it the default in Debian because of its monolithic nature and because > of the dependency chain problems, which right now at least, make it > difficult to run an alternative init system, which limits user choice. > > This mailing list is about Debian users. Let's stick to talking about issues > affecting Debian users. This is my take, and why I oppose the decision to > make Systemd the default in the next stable release. I certainly have no > qualms about including Systemd in the next stable release, and I actually > encourage it, so that people will have time to play with it and come to know > and possibly even fall in love with it. I seriously do not understand why > this needs to be rushed. > >
Thank you for your, considerate, rational, polite, intelligent, and constructive post - which demonstrates what I regard as the "Debian way" (a diverse, co-operative, non-hive mind). Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54711b21.3090...@gmail.com
