Joey Hess wrote:
Miles Fidelman wrote:
1. Whether or not there's a clear statement regarding the installer - will
users be presented with a clear choice of init systems during installation,
or is it going to be left to folks to figure out how to work around the
default installation of systemd?
It's not been requested, but typically we (the d-i team) don't put
things in d-i that can easily be accomplished afterwards by people
who want to customize their system by running some simple apt-get
install command.
I suppose it could be asked in expert mode, but the question then
becomes, is it worth complicating d-i with this, bothering to get the
UI about it translated into dozens of languages, so increasing the
overall size and memory usage of d-i?
d-i already has powerful preseeding capabilities that can be used to
customize the installer to eg, run that apt-get command before the
reboot. It would not be hard for some interested user to put the
necessary preseed file on a website, and then booting the installer with
"install url=http://out.out.vile.init/"; would apply the preseed file.
Although I don't know why someone would want to do that, unless it's not
kosher to have systemd ever being installed on a new system, even for
the minute it takes to boot and remove it.
Well.... I guess I'd find it a lot cleaner to make the choice as part of
installation, rather than have systemd installed as a default and then
have to uninstall it. I hate unwinding dependencies, particularly for
something as central as the init system. That's just asking for trouble.
So, yes, if you're taking requests, I'd sure like to see that in expert
mode.
Miles Fidelman
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