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Debian Developers Take to Voting Over Init System Diversity

posted by martyb on Tuesday December 10 2019, @02:06PM   

upstart writes in with a submission, via IRC, for chromas.

Debian Developers Take To Voting Over Init System Diversity

It's been five years already since the vote to transition to systemd in Debian over Upstart while now there is the new vote that has just commenced for judging the interest in "init system diversity" and just how much Debian developers care (or not) in supporting alternatives to systemd.

Due to Debian developers having differing opinions on handling non-systemd bugs in 2019 and the interest/commitment to supporting systemd alternatives in the scope of Debian packaging and various related friction points, they've taken to a new general resolution over weighing init system diversity.

The ballot is available on-line. The choices are:

Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd
Choice 2: B: Systemd but we support exploring alternatives
Choice 3: A: Support for multiple init systems is Important
Choice 4: D: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress
Choice 5: H: Support portability, without blocking progress
Choice 6: E: Support for multiple init systems is Required
Choice 7: G: Support portability and multiple implementations
Choice 8: Further Discussion

[Ed. note: I'm not sure what the letters after the choice numbers indicate, nor do I know where "C" disappeared to.]

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Original Submission

• clear answer, not difficult clear answer, not difficult (Score: 3, Interesting) by jmichaelhudsondotnet on Tuesday December 10 2019, @03:29PM (1 child)

  by jmichaelhudsondotnet (8122) on Tuesday December 10 2019, @03:29PM (#930596) Journal

  E multiple inits required

  No matter what anyone says, the debian community is not satisfied with systemd.

  And I want no aspects of linux, ever, anywhere, that are single point of failure blobs.

  And I want a version of debian that has no ability whatsoever to integrate with active directory or any corporate cubicle-hierarchy management bullshit.

  There should be a server version and a desktop version and no windows 10 clone version.

  Also, a human readable timestamp is required for human operated computers unless your intention is to keep humans from reading the logs.

  These things are not difficult.

  Hmmm I feel a meme coming on, hold my beer.....

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• Done and Done. (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 10 2019, @05:46PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 10 2019, @05:46PM (#930665)

  And I want a version of debian that has no ability whatsoever to integrate with active directory

  Don't install Samba or LDAP. And you're welcome.

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