Hi, Chris Bannister: > > If technically feasible, that would be a far better safety net (just tell > > people to boot with init=/sbin/sysvinit if they run into a problem) than > > an "oh dear, it's so dangerous that we don't even install it by default" > > message. :-/ > > Surely, it should be an OPT-IN choice, not an OPT-OUT one? I'm talking > upgrades here, not new installs. > I am talking "if we decide to use a configurable symlink, then surely systemd will have the highest priority". [*]
Yes, that does mean that, if you do not do anything else, your system will boot with systemd. Which IMHO is as it should be. Quite frankly: If you're savvy enough to do something to your init setup that is no longer supported, and at the same time stupid enough to upgrade to Jessie without reading the release notes _and_ ignore systemd-sysv's debconf notice (which doesn't exist yet, but should probably be added), then that's your own damn fault. [*] /etc/alternatives isn't really suitable for this, because you could not boot with an empty /etc directory. systemd wants to be able to do that ("factory reset"). But there are other possibilities. -- -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140907151102.go21...@smurf.noris.de