Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> writes: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 01:06:41PM +0100, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
>> If I understand correctly, the current Ubuntu version 1.4-0ubuntu8 >> works perfectly for Debian. Is there any reason to not upload this >> version to Debian? > The main reason is that there is as yet no solid policy that would allow > native upstart jobs to be included in Debian packages. Without that, > the newer upstream versions of upstart deliver very little value. > I have patches outstanding for debhelper (bug #577040), sysvinit > (#660824, just filed though the patch has been discussed previously), > and lsb (bug #661109). Combined with finalizing policy bug #591791, > that would put us on firm footing for including upstart jobs in Debian > packages without breaking the sysvinit world. Then and only then do I > think it's worth looking at bringing upstart 1.4 into Debian. Ball's in your court on the Policy bug. :) (Not that Steve is the only person who can push it forward, of course.) -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vcmwozqt....@windlord.stanford.edu
