Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal As discussed in [1] I would like to make it possible for minimal systems (mostly buildd chroots and application containers like Docker) to not have to install an init system.
For this the "Essential: yes" field is moved from "init" to "init-system-helpers" (to provide invoke-rc.d/update-rc.d). I would also like to downgrade the priority of "init" from required to important. With the priority change, debootstrap should no longer install a full init system in the "minbase" and "buildd" variants. On the d-i side, I hope this doesn't break anything as debootstrap's default variant should not be affected by these changes, unless d-i can also install a "minbase" variant? And just for the record: a system with no "init" should have a "policy-rc.d" policy that rejects all actions, but this is already the case for chroots. Ansgar [1] <https://bugs.debian.org/756023>
