Hey Colin, On 29 January 2014 21:13, Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 07:21:43AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: >> > Q2: Is it OK for packages to depend on a specific init system as >> > pid 1 ? >> Q2a: Is it OK for packages providing init systems to provide other >> APIs beyond just the minimum needed for starting/stopping services? > We might disagree on the extent, perhaps, but I doubt anyone on the > committee would vote against this in its general form;
So looking at the votes today, I would have said that both Ian and Andi's original votes are against this (ranking the options which allow specifying a dependency on a specific init below further discussion), and probably Steve's does too, although I assume that's more an objection against the wording. At least, the impact seems like it is: - init systems can provide whatever extra APIs they like - other packages can only use extra APIs if they have a dependency on the providing package - packages may not depend on specific init systems * therefore packages cannot use the extra APIs Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <a...@erisian.com.au> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
