On Mi, 22 oct 14, 20:07:06, Rusi Mody wrote: > > Thanks Andrei for that. > Some suggestions hopefully not too contentious :-) Constructive feedback is always welcome :)
> 1. "Some packages may depend on systemd" should probably be linked to > some mention of gnome. [My hunch is that gnome is a bigger problem than > is realised and so systemd is getting more flak than is fair $ aptitude search '?depends(libpam-systemd)' p gdm3 - GNOME Display Manager p gnome-bluetooth - GNOME Bluetooth tools p gnome-settings-daemon - daemon handling the GNOME session settings i lightdm - simple display manager i A network-manager - network management framework (daemon and u i A policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative poli i A udisks2 - D-Bus service to access and manipulate sto So it wouldn't be fair to put all the blame on Gnome. Also, as far as I understand PolicyKit and Udisks are DE agnostic, I wouldn't be surprised if some other DEs and/or applications start using them instead of (re)implementing their own stuff. > 2. Remove systemd should probably be in 3 (more??) points > Remove systemd from system is vague and means different things to > different people Right. I split that in four different questions. > a. For a single run one can try out any init system with a grub line > ... init=/lib/sysvinit/init|/lib/systemd/systemd Forgot about this one, thanks. > b. For permanently choosing ... you have given the command > # apt-get install sysvinit-core systemd-shim systemd-sysv- > > Maybe also give the 'reversal' command: how to get replace sysvinit-ed > system with a systemd-ed system?? Not a very FAQ :p > c. Remove libsystemd0: Hard and beyond the scope of this FAQ. > > 3. Dbus: I am out of depth! [And should go and read Christian's careful > explanations with corresponding care!] Dbus is a completely different subject and it seems like most people only want to remove it because they think it's related to systemd. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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