Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Sorry for yet-another-mail on that (long-lasting) bug, but I feel it's important; so feel free to dismiss it if it isn't bringing to the conversation. Le jeudi, 6 février 2014, 16.27:15 Anthony Towns a écrit : Rankings between remaning actual outcomes is: 4x UL DL UT DT (steve,

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Rick Yorgason
This is silly. It's pretty clear that everybody made up their minds a long time ago, and no matter how the resolution is worded, it will come down systemd upstart 5:4. The only question is on how to guide maintainers once the init system is changed. -Rick- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Additional CTTE Drafting Meeting useful?

2014-02-06 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, On 02/06/2014 06:33, Russ Allbery wrote: Don Armstrong d...@debian.org writes: Would one more IRC meeting be useful to nail down the ballot options and their drafts? I personally suspect that we have exhausted the capacity of the TC to deal with this problem, and that spending more

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: L really reads to me like a way to enforce support for all init systems alike (thereby ensuring that the default init gets the same [bad] support) on maintainers and I feel it's too coercitive. I don't interpret L as

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Colin Watson writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: L really reads to me like a way to enforce support for all init systems alike

Bug#727708: Additional CTTE Drafting Meeting useful?

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Ansgar Burchardt writes (Re: Additional CTTE Drafting Meeting useful?): In this case I suggest to decide just the question of the default init system on Linux architectures first and address further details later if no consensus can be found elsewhere. Finding the correct wording then should

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:43:25PM +, Thorsten Glaser wrote: Colin Watson dixit: Various developers certainly continue to work enthusiastically on their preferred approaches, but that's not really the same as efforts to resolve [the issue] via consensus. But is not diversity some sort

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:05:05PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: On 02/06/2014 11:50, Colin Watson wrote: I don't interpret L as meaning that everything must support all init systems, certainly not alike (indeed the text of that option is explicit that it isn't necessarily alike). Rather,

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Russ Allbery writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): I think what we're trying to say looks something like this: ... The result of that GR is A. However, the choice picked by the above algorithm is B. So B becomes the TC decision, despite the fact that A is the result

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Ian Jackson writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): Steve Langasek writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): I vote: 1. UL upstart default in jessie, requiring specific init NOT allowed 2. DL systemd default in jessie, requiring

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Didier 'OdyX' Raboud
Le jeudi, 6 février 2014, 10.50:05 Colin Watson a écrit : On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: L really reads to me like a way to enforce support for all init systems alike (thereby ensuring that the default init gets the same [bad] support) on maintainers

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Josh Triplett writes (Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie): That is a very interesting clarification, and not one that seems at all obvious from the text of 'L'. 'L' talks about Software outside of an init system's implementation, which does not seem like it

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-06 Thread Walter Alejandro Iglesias
My first and last message to this list. To Those Who Understand --- Time ago, Linux was conceived as a Unix like OS. Thanks to internet it won acceptance between hackers familiarized with Unix, guys that liked and valued to have a Unix like OS at home. That first enthusiasm

Bug#727708: Announcing sinit - the suckless init

2014-02-06 Thread sin
Hi all, As part of experimenting with a toy distro I wanted to get rid of busybox's init, so I hacked together sinit[1]. sinit is based on Strake's init[2]. It is currently controlled via a FIFO. It supports only two commands (reboot and poweroff). It follows the classic style of config.def.h

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud dixit: Now, I think there is currently a shared agreement in Debian that all Debian packages (unless there's a good reason) should run on sysvinit + Linux + amd64 , support outside that is best-effort Eh, no! Debian is the universal OS, and it has quite a number of

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:32:10PM +, Colin Watson wrote: On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 04:33:57PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: I hereby call for votes on my previously proposed resolution and amendments. All the options require a simple majority. I vote: In response to the uncertainty about

Re: Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Keith Packard
Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org writes: I think I signed my votes when I started on the TC, but then noticed that nobody else was doing so and stopped bothering. I can go back to signing them in future, though, since it sounds like it would make some people more comfortable. I just sign

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 10:58:06PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): Please do not assume I have time to read everything. I don't. I actually think I gave advice about this before which you seem to have ignored. I'm

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I think there are basicly 2 ways to go about this: - You revoke your decision during the GR process so that when the GR is being voted on your decision no longer applies and the GR isn't trying to override the ctte. You could for instance do this

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:22:15AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: On Thu, 06 Feb 2014, Kurt Roeckx wrote: I think there are basicly 2 ways to go about this: - You revoke your decision during the GR process so that when the GR is being voted on your decision no longer applies and the GR

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 06:26:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): I think there are basicly 2 ways to go about this: - You revoke your decision during the GR process so that when the GR is being voted on your decision

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes (Re: Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 06:26:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: If you agree with this reasoning then I'd be grateful if you'd advise what form of words should be used to achieve the desired effect. The desired

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 06:53:56PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: Kurt Roeckx writes (Re: Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 06:26:09PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: If you agree with this reasoning then I'd be grateful if you'd advise what form of

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014, Kurt Roeckx wrote: On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:22:15AM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: Either of these options will require 2:1, though. Let me quote §4.1.4: Together, the Developers may: [...] Make or override any decision authorised by the powers of the

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes (Re: Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 06:53:56PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: Yes. What did you think of my proposal earlier ? If you don't think that has the right effect, please suggest something else. Yes, I think that

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 01:30:25PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: Finally, I have hard time seeing under which powers could L be decided by the tech-ctte: the policy team hasn't worked on that (§6.1.1), there is no juridiction overlap that I could see (nor a disagreement about the

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Don Armstrong writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): Given the already stated preferences of the CTTE, and the previous votes we've already had, openrc and sysvinit are clearly not going to defeat any option, so their position in your vote is largely irrelevant. If we

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Ian Jackson
Kurt Roeckx writes (Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)): I'm currently of the opinion that gnome made an initial decisions and as reaction to that they are setting policy and that this will be allowed under 6.1.1.

Bug#727708: Both T and L are wrong, plea for something simpler (was: Re: Call for votes on init system resolution)

2014-02-06 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 10:20:02AM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: ... Now, I think there is currently a shared agreement in Debian that all Debian packages (unless there's a good reason) should run on sysvinit + Linux + amd64 , support outside that is best-effort sysvinit

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 07:22:10AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: On 7 February 2014 06:20, Ian Jackson ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk wrote: Don Armstrong writes (Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution): Given the already stated preferences of the CTTE, and the previous votes

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Russ Allbery
Adrian Bunk b...@stusta.de writes: On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 07:22:10AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: Presuming everyone votes, where you put F only has an impact in either case only if at least three other ctte members will also vote FD above T or DT (given UT is irrelevant); which based on the

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 02:20:51PM -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: ... This is one of the major reasons why I'm voting GR second. I see Bdale's point that we shouldn't abdicate our responsibility to make the best decision that we can, and I followed that maxim by voting my preference first. But

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Anthony Towns
On 7 February 2014 08:44, Adrian Bunk b...@stusta.de wrote: If Colin joins Ian, Andreas and Steve in voting DT and UT below FD, then T is dead. It's really pretty terrible to actively use FD to try to block options that aren't your favourite. Honestly, I would have expected the tech ctte to be

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Russ Allbery
Anthony Towns a...@erisian.com.au writes: It's really pretty terrible to actively use FD to try to block options that aren't your favourite. Honestly, I would have expected the tech ctte to be able to come to a consensus on a set of proposals considered reasonable by all the members, and

Bug#727708: I'd like to voice my opinion

2014-02-06 Thread Schlacta, Christ
I'd like to request that upstart be chosen over systemd mainly because there's already a large availability of deb packages that support init mainly due to ubuntu. Ubuntu acts as a gateway distro to the debian universe, and is a basis upon which numerous other distros are based as well. As such,

Bug#727708: I'd like to voice my opinion

2014-02-06 Thread Cameron Norman
El Thu, 6 de Feb 2014 a las 7:41 PM, Schlacta, Christ aarc...@aarcane.org escribió: I'd like to request that upstart be chosen over systemd mainly because there's already a large availability of deb packages that support init mainly due to ubuntu. Ubuntu acts as a gateway distro to the debian

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Nikolaus Rath
Russ Allbery r...@debian.org writes: Don Armstrong d...@debian.org writes: On Thu, 06 Feb 2014, Kurt Roeckx wrote: So let me expand on that a little. Image the following options - A: something that doesn't overrule the ctte (1:1) - B: something that does overrule the ctte (2:1) - FD In

Bug#727708: Call for votes on init system resolution

2014-02-06 Thread Russ Allbery
Adrian Bunk b...@stusta.de writes: Leaving tactical aspects aside, IMHO the important point is that there is a compromise line that seems reasonable for all members of the TC: For the upstart side of the TC, the most important question is T/L. For the systemd side of the TC, the most