On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: > On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > > > >There are no functional differences between an installation with > >sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is > >installed later, this is a fact. > > > >Allowing the user to choose this at install time from the interface is > >a "nice to have" feature (wishlist bug) not a RC bug like you were > >claiming earlier. > > There is a potential practical consequence of not advertising an > init alternative during setup. It makes users less likely to be > aware of it, or even aware that the init system has changed.
New users do not need to be be aware of all the background to the choosing of a default init. No advertisement is needed. By definition, they do not care. They want Debian. Please let them have it. > They won't know they lost the choice they didn't know they had. Capisce? What choice have they lost? Whatever it was, it didn't exist as you imply in Wheezy. > They won't know, that is, until it bites them somewhere down the > line. Then they won't know where to look or who to blame, and will > blame Debian. What bites them? > Installation time may be only means that most users (like me*) ever > would learn about it. > > * Install instructions? We don't need no stinkin' instructions Reading? You are right. Who wants it? Just spew out nonsense and hope nobody notices. -- 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/11112014190207.0a0173abc...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk