For Lenny, the release team requested email proposing release goals sent to the debian-release mailing list, and I assume the same is true for Squeeze. I would like to propose a release goal for Squeeze, based on the Lenny release goal named "Prepare init.d-Scripts for dependency-based init systems". See <URL:http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/06/msg00164.html> for that proposal. That goal was met, and I believe it is time to take the next step and enable dependency based boot sequencing by default.
Dependency based boot sequencing can be enabled in Lenny today by running this command as root: aptitude install insserv && dpkg-reconfigure insserv Status and other relevant links regarding this release goal is available from <URL: http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts/DependencyBasedBoot >. Ordering the boot sequence based on complete dependency information get rid of a few problems with incorrect ordering, make it easier to handle changes in dependencies for init.d scripts, make it possible to detect dependency loops and finally make it possible to execute the boot scripts concurrently for faster boot. The main advantage is that it allow us to get a correct boot sequence, and to verify that it stay correct. :) If you want to discuss this release goal, please join us on #pkg-sysvinit on irc.debian.org and the <URL: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/initscripts-ng-devel > mailing list. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen _______________________________________________ initscripts-ng-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/initscripts-ng-devel
