Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Olav Vitters writes ("Re: Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Ian Jackson > wrote: > > UT upstart default in jessie, requiring specific init is allowed > > So just to ensure I don't misunderstand: > The way

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Olav Vitters
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Ian Jackson wrote: > UT upstart default in jessie, requiring specific init is allowed So just to ensure I don't misunderstand: The way I read the texts, you could have e.g. Upstart as default init system and GNOME depend on systemd with UT? Meaning: software co

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > I would be happy to do this. Anyone object to me prefixing >Therefore, for jessie and later releases: > before the T/L "Software ..." paragraphs ? Following another exchange on IRC I have now d

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Adrian Bunk writes ("Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 03:13:06PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > == clarification text for all versions except GR == > > > > This decision is limited to selecting a default initsystem for &

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 03:13:06PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > Bdale Garbee writes ("Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > > I've been trying to avoid making decisions now about what happens beyond > > jessie, but I would not object to including that text s

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > Bdale, if this is not acceptable to you then please say. Bdale has said on irc that he's happy. So I hereby withdraw my previous amendments and propose and accept and do not accept amendments so as to pro

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes ("Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > Adrian, does that address your point ? I think that phrasing makes it > clear that the remaining text (whether T or L) applies past jessie, > too. To expand on what Adrian says in his next mails, the resul

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Adrian Bunk writes ("Re: Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 07:45:19AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > > I've been trying to avoid making decisions now about what happens beyond > > jessie, but I would not object to including that te

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Bdale Garbee writes ("Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): > I've been trying to avoid making decisions now about what happens beyond > jessie, but I would not object to including that text since I think it's > true for at least some values of "su

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Mon, Feb 03, 2014 at 07:45:19AM -0700, Bdale Garbee wrote: > Ian Jackson writes: > > > Yes. I would still prefer to see something like that. I don't > > remember exactly what the objections were and I'm very very tired now > > but perhaps something like > > > > We expect that Debian will c

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-03 Thread Bdale Garbee
Ian Jackson writes: > Yes. I would still prefer to see something like that. I don't > remember exactly what the objections were and I'm very very tired now > but perhaps something like > > We expect that Debian will continue to support mkultiple init > systems for the foreseeable future. >

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-02 Thread Ian Jackson
Adrian Bunk writes ("Bug#727708: package to change init systems"): >This decision is limited to selecting a default initsystem; we >continue to welcome contributions of support for all init systems. ... > there is an "in jessie" at the top, and it is stated now

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-02 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 1:44 AM, Russ Allbery wrote: > Cameron Norman writes: > >> This is not really what I was interested in. I want a package for each >> init system (init-systemd, init-upstart, etc.) that uses something like >> init-select (under the hood) to prompt the user to change the init >

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-02 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 11:44:55AM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Adrian Bunk writes: > > > No, it does not require sysvinit support for all packages indefinitely. > > > The current TC decision is *for jessie*. > > The D/U/O/V/GR options are for jessie. T and L aren't. Nothing in T or L > are l

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-02 Thread Russ Allbery
Adrian Bunk writes: > No, it does not require sysvinit support for all packages indefinitely. > The current TC decision is *for jessie*. The D/U/O/V/GR options are for jessie. T and L aren't. Nothing in T or L are limited to jessie. If that's what you think they should say, then you need to

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-02 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 10:44:27PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: >... > I think L is a bad technical design, regardless of the relative merits of > the possible init systems that we might switch to. It's effectively > equivalent to requiring sysvinit support for all packages indefinitely, > and if we

Bug#727708: package to change init systems

2014-02-01 Thread Russ Allbery
Cameron Norman writes: > This is not really what I was interested in. I want a package for each > init system (init-systemd, init-upstart, etc.) that uses something like > init-select (under the hood) to prompt the user to change the init > system. This will allow packages to depend on a certain

Bug#727708: package to change init systems [was: Bug#727708: Processed: block 726763 with 727708]

2014-02-01 Thread Cameron Norman
On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Chris Knadle wrote: > On Saturday, February 01, 2014 19:14:21 Cameron Norman wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > I *like* systemd, and I would still be very unhappy > > > if a routine aptitude upgrade (or even a dist-upgrade) of a s

Bug#727708: package to change init systems [was: Bug#727708: Processed: block 726763 with 727708]

2014-02-01 Thread Chris Knadle
On Saturday, February 01, 2014 19:14:21 Cameron Norman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Russ Allbery wrote: > > I *like* systemd, and I would still be very unhappy > > if a routine aptitude upgrade (or even a dist-upgrade) of a system > > currently running sysvinit suddenly resulted in run