Several years have passed and upstart got replaced by systemd. So marking this bug as Won't Fix.
** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/491463 Title: misc: support upstart within an initramfs Status in upstart : Triaged Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in upstart package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: upstart Many problems arise from the current initramfs scripts not being event driven or a flexible state machine. Might it be reasonable to use upstart code and configs within the initramfs to get the rootfs up instead of reimplementing and maintaining initramfs scripts with this functionality? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/491463/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp