Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-09 Thread James Rhodes
On 10/02/2014 6:21 AM, "Ian Jackson" wrote: > > Keith Packard writes ("Re: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie"): > > Let's finish that vote then and move on. > > Once again Bdale has proposed a vote on his own motion. > > However, my own proposal was on the table and has not be

Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal

2014-02-02 Thread James Rhodes
> we will not help you If you want to run a configuration that is not supported by a developer, then no, I would not expect them to help you. Free software does not entitle you to free help, nor does it entitle you to demand others do or don't do things a particular way.

Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal

2014-02-02 Thread James Rhodes
The point that is being made is not "you can't run software with shell scripts if you want", it's "don't expect developers to write or maintain them for you". Regards, James Rhodes. On 3 February 2014 12:48, Thilos Rich wrote: > >Plus sysvinit supp

Bug#727708: Init should be simple, secure, and get out of the way. It should not take over the system. We should not be forced to use one that does.

2014-02-01 Thread James Rhodes
debunked. This bug is long enough. Regards, James Rhodes. Redpoint Software http://about.me/james.rhodes On 2 February 2014 11:11, Thilos Rich wrote: > Init should be simple, secure, and get out of the way. It should not take > over the system. We should not be forced to use an

Bug#727708: multiple init systems - formal resolution proposal

2014-01-29 Thread James Rhodes
On 30 January 2014 09:54, Andrew Shadura wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:17:29 +0100 > Josselin Mouette wrote: > > > Gnome-shell uses GDM for screen locking, and GDM heavily relies on > > logind nowadays. There is fallback code that uses ConsoleKit, but it > > has been untested for se