On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: >> Debian has a history for providing a variety of packages with similar >> functionality and leave the choice up to the user. > >> However, with systemd at the horizon, I don't see a need in supporting it >> either. Ubuntu will probably make the switch in near future as well. > > I don't know what gives you that impression.
From my impression, systemd seems way more functional and well-designed than upstart. It is - more or less - a clone of Apple's launchd with its socket-based activation and the capability to replace whole init bash scripts with internal code. There is a discussion about it here [1]. Adrian [1] http://undacuvabrutha.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/why-ubuntu-should-continue-with-upstart-for-11-10/
