]] Thorsten Glaser > Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > >> Changes to the default init system should not affect existing setups. > > > >Were that true, it would be different to how we handle changes in other > >defaults. > > A default is a default because it is only applies when the > sysadmin defaults to it, when the sysadmin defaults making > a decision themselves.
I'm not able to parse that sentence. > Debian has no distinction between "retain the default because > it is a default" and "keep $foo (which happened to be the default > at some point in time) as conscious decision", which proves that > changes in defaults shall not be applied on upgrades by default > (hah!). This is not how defaults in conffiles and other configurations files are handled, so I dispute that. In addition, apt (and I assume dselect and cupt) ask you if you want to accept the proposed solution. If you don't, well then choose another? -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/m2lhubj96i....@rahvafeir.err.no