On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer <cales...@scientia.net> wrote: > Package: gnome-settings-daemon > Version: 3.8.5-2 > Severity: normal > > > Hi. > > gnome-settings-daemon depends on systemd now,... > > While I think systemd IS the future, it is not yet the default in Debian, > neither > does it work in all circumstances yet (AFAIK, there are e.g. still issues with > dm-crypt). > > > Of course, just installint systemd, doesn't replace sysvinit as init, > nevertheless,... > 1) systemd brings a lot of stuff which will get active, even when just > installing > it and not installing systemd-sysv. udev rules, polkit and dbus stuff and > more. > > So the question arises, when gnome forces people now to install systemd, does > this > cause any side effects? > > And even more,... as you say you depend now on systemd, does that > functionality > work, when it is not actually used. > > > So short question... couldn't systemd be made voluntary for now? Or even > better: forever. > Even when systemd should become default in debian, people still might want to > use > alternatives. > > > A desktop environment shouldn't force users upon such low level stuff like > the init- > system,... what comes next? Forcing us to use a special kernel? Yes, it is. > IMHO this would be broken by design. While, if there is not systemd installed, gnome cannot work properly. > > > Cheers, > Chris. > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-gnome-maintainers mailing list > pkg-gnome-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-gnome-maintainers
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