----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Boyce" <[email protected]> > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> I think that Debian's plan to allow multiple init systems > >> (irregardless of which one is default) is a bad plan. The > >> non-default > >> ones won't get any love - at some point they'll just stop working > >> (or > >> indeed, work at all). > > > > If they break then one of two things will happen: > > > > 1) Someone will fix it. > > > > 2) No one will fix it because no one cares. If no one cares, then it > > being broken doesn't matter. > > > > Killing off choice/alternatives just in case no one cares about them > > isn't especially helpful.
3) A lot of people who do care and either cannot afford to or are technically competent to fix it are screwed. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
