Hello again! On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 03:01:57PM -0700, j...@joshtriplett.org wrote: > The upload wouldn't need to be synchronized; as mentioned in my original > report, util-linux could either divert mountpoint or add a Replaces.
A Replaces without a Conflict or Breaks is a policy violation though, and while I have no problem being pragmatic I don't like introducing RC bugs this close to the freeze.... also Adam Conrad has strongly NAKed this approach already. > Seems easier to poke the sysvinit maintainers once util-linux has a > version to add a versioned Depends on, and then util-linux can > optionally drop the diversion (with a Conflicts/Replaces, note that I > don't think Breaks suffices here) or version the Replaces. > > > As both systemd and sysvinit-core depends on initscripts I don't really > > see the hurry for this. Please feel free to enlighten me. > > systemd no longer needs any of the init scripts from initscripts; the > mountpoint binary is the primary thing that keeps it depending on > initscripts. I'd love to try to get that dependency dropped before the > freeze. I've talked to the systemd maintainers about this already and they had no hurry to drop the dependency and suggested waiting with this until after the release. I have no problem going ahead with this if all other parties are onboard. If noone else is onboard, I guess there's not much use to do this in a hurry. Please talk to the systemd maintainers (and preferrably also upstart people) about this. If they think we should go ahead, then I'll take care of the util-linux side and I'm sure we can get sysvinit NMUed if those teams are on board as well. Please consider the util-linux side of this handled, it's the other parties that need someone to volunteer to go ahead with this. I'm keen on seeing this (and many other) takeover happen, but I've gained enough enemies as it is (and feel deeply demotivated by the current state of affairs in Debian) so I think I'll avoid potentially causing major breakage on my own for now. Regards, Andreas Henriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
