Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities"): > If we're going to expect there to be a transition period, I would prefer > the time be defined, rather than left for case-by-case argument. If folks > would prefer that we have zero delay (as soon a

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities"): > Of course if the (re)implementation(s) of the (new) interface are > complete before the time is up, there would be no reason to continue > to delay, and blessing immediate use would be uncontroversial

Re: Proposal: Init Diversity

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 (Kurt, you can skip to "FAO KURT".) Dmitry Bogatov writes ("Proposal: Init Diversity"): > Here I formally propose following option, withdrawing any previous > versions. ... > Being able to run Debian systems with init systems other than >

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Sam Hartman writes ("Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities"): > Timeline: I think that two weeks for discussion of this GR seems about > right based on what's happened in the last week. The constitution > allows the DPL to change the discussion period by up to a week

Re: Re-Proposing: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd

2019-11-20 Thread Matthew Vernon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Ian Jackson writes: > I hereby formally propose the following amendent (for my reference, > 42471fd). Replace the entire text, with the text below. > > -8<- > > Title: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress > > PRINCIPLES > > 1. We

Re: Re-Proposing: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes ("Re: Re-Proposing: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd"): > The update should be available on the website now. Hi, thanks. I looked at the version here https://www.debian.org/vote/2019/vote_002 and it is missing some of the paragraph breaks compared to the actu

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Ian" == Ian Jackson writes: Ian> Sam Hartman writes ("Proposal: General Resolution on Init Ian> Systems and systemd Facilities"): >> Timeline: I think that two weeks for discussion of this GR seems >> about right based on what's happened in the last week. The >> consti

Re: [draft] Draft text on Init Systems GR

2019-11-20 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 11/17/19 9:00 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Joshua Hudson writes: > >> The debate on systemd often turns into systemd vs. sysvinit because >> sysvinit is the working alternative right now. Unfortunately, this is a >> poor way to frame the debate. The reality is sytemd unit files are a >> really go

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Sam Hartman writes: > To clarify, my understanding is that the discussion period started > November 16. > So, we're talking about a minimum discussion period expiring on > November 30. Your acceptance of my amendment reset the clock, at least by my reading of the constitution. That happened on

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities"): > (I also think this is a bug in the constitution; it means that a rejected > but seconded amendment can go on the ballot immediately before the vote > with no time for further discussion of that amend

Re: Re-Proposing: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd

2019-11-20 Thread James Clarke
> On 16 Nov 2019, at 18:18, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I hereby formally propose the following amendent (for my reference, > 42471fd). Replace the entire text, with the text below. > > -8<- > > Title: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress > > PRINCIPLES > > 1. We wish to continu

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: Russ> Sam Hartman writes: >> To clarify, my understanding is that the discussion period >> started November 16. So, we're talking about a minimum >> discussion period expiring on November 30. Russ> Your acceptance of my amendment reset t

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Sam Hartman writes: > I did? > I thought I told you I would accept the amendment. > It's my intent today or tomorrow to accept the amendment and to update > the discussion period to continue to expire on November 30. Oh, I see. Your message to debian-vote specifically was: | I am in fact going

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Ian Jackson
Sam Hartman writes ("Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities"): > It's my intent today or tomorrow to accept the amendment and to update > the discussion period to continue to expire on November 30. I think a decision to shorten the minimum discussion period from t

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Ian Jackson writes: > Sam Hartman writes: >> It's my intent today or tomorrow to accept the amendment and to update >> the discussion period to continue to expire on November 30. > I think a decision to shorten the minimum discussion period from the > constitutional default would be highly inapp

Re: Proposal: Init Diversity

2019-11-20 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:41 AM Ian Jackson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > (Kurt, you can skip to "FAO KURT".) > > Dmitry Bogatov writes ("Proposal: Init Diversity"): > > Here I formally propose following option, withdrawing any previous > > versions. > ... > >

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Holger Levsen
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 01:24:24PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > > I agree with Holger that it's probably better to leave the amount of > > time undefined, and see what happens on a case by case basis. > If we're going to expect there to be a transition period, I would prefer > the time be defined,

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Russ Allbery
Holger Levsen writes: > What I missed that this delay (of 6/12 month) is a delay for *-policy* > about describing/defining such a feature. I thought it ment to prohibit > people from using such new features. It's a delay from the point at which Policy standardizes using systemd services instead

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Holger Levsen
On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 09:37:59PM +, Holger Levsen wrote: > ah! Now I see that this is ment differently than it was proposed. s#it#how I understood it# -- cheers, Holger --- holger@(debi

Amendment Accepted:Re: Resolution on Init Systems and systemd

2019-11-20 Thread Sam Hartman
Kurt, I'd like to accept Russ's amendment to choice hartmans1. Attached please find a complete replacement for all three choices, although only hartmans1 has changed. Also, please find a diff in case that's easier for you. Using powers under constitution 5.1 (8), I vary the minimum discussion pe

Re: Proposal: General Resolution on Init Systems and systemd Facilities

2019-11-20 Thread Sam Hartman
> "Russ" == Russ Allbery writes: >> Sam Hartman writes: >>> It's my intent today or tomorrow to accept the amendment and to >>> update the discussion period to continue to expire on November >>> 30. Russ> Sam said that he'd be willing to delay if needed if an Russ> a

Re: Proposal: Init Diversity

2019-11-20 Thread Dmitry Bogatov
Here I formally propose new version of my draft, and withdraw all previous versions of it. -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Being able to run Debian systems with init systems other than systemd continues to be value for the project. Package MUST work with pid1 != systemd, unless i

Re: Proposal: Init Diversity

2019-11-20 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 7:11 PM Dmitry Bogatov wrote: > > Here I formally propose new version of my draft, and withdraw all > previous versions of it. > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > Being able to run Debian systems with init systems other than > systemd continues to be