On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 04:10:19PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > Adrian Bunk <b...@stusta.de> writes: > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 01:19:48PM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote: > >> > And now you bring up the point that Debian should reconsider the > >> > lenght of it's release cycles if systemd upstream decides to not > >> > support upgrades between distribution releases as far apart as Debian's. > >> > [3] > >> > >> Well, of course we should reconsider the length of our release cycle > >> (and make it 3 years like major OS players do), > > > > You miss the critical difference: > > > > Red Hat does not support upgrades between major releases of their > > enterprise distribution. > > Except they do: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 will offer an in-place > upgrade feature for common server deployment types, allowing data > centers to migrate existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 systems to Red > Hat Enterprise Linux 7"[1].
That is good news (RHEL5->RHEL6 was not supported). If anyone finds (or asks) what backwards compatibility future systemd versions will offer with 3 year old kernels that would settle my initial upgrade issue point. [1] > Ansgar cu Adrian [1] Personally, I am sceptical whether it is a good idea to switch to a different init system for jessie. But I am not on a desperate rant against systemd, and if something I bring up can be addressed that is positive for me. -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org