On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 10.11.2014 um 17:26 schrieb Patrick Bartek: > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2014, Michael Biebl wrote: > > >> You can use pre-seeding and run > >> > >> preseed/late_command="in-target apt-get install -y sysvinit-core" > >> > >> in the debian-installer. While that does indeed first install > >> systemd-sysv, it's directly replaced again during system > >> installation and doesn't require you to boot with systemd as PID 1. > >> So it might be pretty close to what you're looking for. > > > > > > Thanks. But wouldn't it be nice if as an option, you could just > > pick which init you wanted in the installer. It would make things > > so much easier. Too late to implement this, I suppose. Maybe, in > > the next release? > > Most users simply don't care and don't want to be bothered with this.
I agree, but enough do -- mainly server guys -- that it is a problem. > It's not like we prompt the user whether he wants to use grub or > isolinux. If we added an explicit switch, this would have to be in > expert-install-mode only imo. I can't speak for the d-i people, but Maybe, we should for diversity of choice. There is an option of where to install grub after all even though most put it on the MBR. But I agree the init options should be in expert-install. Will make everyone happy. Freedom of choice is the greatest freedom. > since we entered freeze, I guess it's likely to late to add that for > jessie. Especially, as already mentioned, you do already have a > mechanism via preseed/late_command. True, but for now, I'll be sticking with Wheezy until the security updates stop. Not because it doesn't have systemd, but because it does what I need it to do, and I've always been the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type. Maybe, the release after Jessie will include an init choice. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141110102606.5b71d...@debian7.boseck208.net