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I second the general resolution proposal below: Kind regards, Thibaut. Le 01/03/2014 00:45, Matthew Vernon a écrit : > Hi, > > I wish to propose the following general resolution, and hereby > call for seconds. I don't think further lengthy discussion of the > issues is likely to be productive, and therefore hope we can bring > this swiftly to a vote so that the project can state its mind on > this important issue. The substantive text is that which was > drafted for the purposes of the technical committee's vote (where > they decided not to pass a resolution on the subject). > > Regards, > > Matthew > > ** Begin Proposal ** > > 0. Rationale > > Debian has decided (via the technical committee) to change its > default init system for the next release. The technical committee > decided not to decide about the question of "coupling" i.e. > whether other packages in Debian may depend on a particular init > system. > > This GR seeks to preserve the freedom of our users now to select > an init system of their choice, and the project's freedom to select > a different init system in the future. It will avoid Debian > becoming accidentally locked in to a particular init system (for > example, because so much unrelated software has ended up depending > on a particular init system that the burden of effort required to > change init system becomes too great). A number of init systems > exist, and it is clear that there is not yet broad consensus as to > what the best init system might look like. > > This GR does not make any comment on the relative merits of > different init systems; the technical committee has decided upon > the default init system for Linux for jessie. > > 1. Exercise of the TC's power to set policy > > For jessie and later releases, the TC's power to set technical > policy (Constitution 6.1.1) is exercised as follows: > > 2. Loose coupling of init systems > > In general, software may not require a specific init system to be > pid 1. The exceptions to this are as follows: > > * alternative init system implementations * special-use packages > such as managers for init systems * cooperating groups of packages > intended for use with specific init systems > > provided that these are not themselves required by other software > whose main purpose is not the operation of a specific init system. > > Degraded operation with some init systems is tolerable, so long as > the degradation is no worse than what the Debian project would > consider a tolerable (non-RC) bug even if it were affecting all > users. So the lack of support for a particular init system does > not excuse a bug nor reduce its severity; but conversely, nor is a > bug more serious simply because it is an incompatibility of some > software with some init system(s). > > Maintainers are encouraged to accept technically sound patches to > enable improved interoperation with various init systems. > > 3. Notes and rubric > > This resolution is a Position Statement about Issues of the Day > (Constitution 4.1.5), triggering the General Resolution override > clause in the TC's resolution of the 11th of February. > > The TC's decision on the default init system for Linux in jessie > stands undisturbed. > > However, the TC resolution is altered to add the additional text in > sections (1) and (2) above. > > ** End Proposal ** > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJTHX6NAAoJEJOUU0jg3ChA3e8QANd2EpYpVNWBbKN7lzW0oQgD h8l5zdChw8bUuowWQd3STjEbAwxgjxA0UHtZ0zeHFMI9vfZlzAg7UMAF9+mJ5Wbx I3eif/MCYJlPCLJPNwKAQX94z+mbmm+r9dMSk1hpx5OQzdSZ+IqBZpAtGwYRhDxT HXgTh/5cTPiFv8dxYbeiDaAjF00HY7BztfMztOx0LPXmW4mYK01c1mAJPe70d+cv zwRSkKmtJMF0B9Y+D7AEGkBdSpEQmu6JkD8/XbK3326Y/l+E0DdGe4JqgyCrLYI3 x8tCG68c9R5cvTY6Dv6fyLZJVMkRGnHdrK0VsdocAlAgF81dmfX/rI+oL8QnfcoK kQwhHIkSrR03OJ/SGDvDiH1rmVx42Dz9I1OQlg/Ho28SKQeeQoiJmZvJpZgfpe5V 1JdRe8d07cwfJKrdP6hLtVMjm063ROyW8/H7GnDMy4hO0FI9N7EYgKPyL2HUOza/ +aMu5baNQUueXsYvX9LlW88RmuRAciEmQCAnxyPMQS7LJfQLm5+DMzG/DkOjdAzM I6VoTug4wg+/5JTGz0icCuKscc9FEdZ546J8nQpj0g88v8ByvQBs8wH1q8jUL80U mQyqh/fphsjMSDJ74lhWEme8TDbzLv3/9BoycdbqZ5USJPWyqbC1AigsemST7nnn mRjPHMW7+jQhCWf0Ya+j =W4+2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/531d7e99.6040...@debian.org