On Fri, 2018-10-26 at 20:55 +0000, Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > [2018-10-26 13:58] Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> > > part 1 text/plain 1014 > > On Fri, 2018-10-26 at 10:39 +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > > > which was filed against the wnpp package: > > > > > > #811377: RFA: sysvinit -- System-V-like init utilities - transitional > > > package > > > > > > It has been closed by Dmitry Bogatov <kact...@debian.org>. > > Benda created a git repository at > > <https://salsa.debian.org/debian/sysvinit>;. > > My repository is fork of 'debian/sysvinit'. As far as I can tell, the > following work was done on debian/sysvinit: > > * import history from alioth up to 2.89-59.10 > * create (very) incomplete upgrade to 2.90 in branch dgit/experimental
I also committed a bug fix on the dgit/sid branch.
> What I done:
>
> * incorporated NMU 2.89-59.11
> * modernized package a bit
>
> > You seem to have missed that Ian and Benda already started to adopt
> > sysvinit. (While they missed closing this bug.)
>
> Sysvinit have undecided maintainance status for years, which prevented
> me from taking actions previously. But now danger is grave and immediate
> (see recent discussions about removal of sysvinit on debian-devel@), so
> I took libery to take action right now.
I don't believe that sysvinit is or was in *immediate* danger of being
removed.
> I am sorry, if I stepped on someone's toes. I would greatly appericate
> any help in maintaining sysvinit.
Then you should probably use the common (debian group) repository...
Ben.
> Oh, and surely, while I did my best to not introduce any functional
> changes in 2.89-60, brave souls to test upload are more then welcome.
--
Ben Hutchings
The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption]
would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers.
- Bill Gates
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