On 25 October 2013 06:37, Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote:
> I'm missing a key bit of context here. Does gnome-settings-daemon just
> require that systemd be installed? Or does it require that the init
> system be systemd?
>
Me too. Am getting rather lost as to why gnome-settings-daemon depends
on systemd.
Can somebody please confirm my understanding:
* Gnome upstream in no way requires systemd. I would assume it can take
advantage of it.If no systemd you loose support for some features.
* In Debian, the latest Gnome packages requires gnome-settings-daemon,
which does require systemd. However systemd doesn't actually need to be
running as initd.
* The gnome-settings-daemon package due to {build options, runtime options,
Jedi council decision} requires a/an {systemd shared libary, systemd binary
executable, systemd dbus implementation, chocolate biscuit, coffee} and if
not available at run time then {you loose support for extra features, gnome
breaks, life on the planet will cease to exist}. (*cross out incorrect
options)
* Ubuntu has a patch to fix the above, however it is is prone to break with
new versions of systemd (???) and nobody has volunteered to continue to
support it.
* The Debian packages of Gnome currently will not install on non-Linux
systems.
* Discussion starts on debian-devel mailing list with lots of pointing of
fingers.
* I blame Tux. Tuz said so.
--
Brian May <br...@microcomaustralia.com.au>
