Advanced

Debian leader says users can continue with SysVinit

Posted by linuxwriter on · 6 comments
iTWire; By Sam Varghese
Mail this story
Print this story

Users of Debian GNU/Linux will be able to continue using SysVinit as their init system, despite the project having switched to systemd as the default, according to the leader of the Debian project.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Groups: Debian

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (6)

Who is Gregory Smith? Who is he quoting in the message as saying it's been cancelled?

https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=systemd-shim shows available packages in testing and unstable, maintained by Steve Langasek.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/systemd-shim shows latest news being [2014-09-21] systemd-shim 8-2 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
Snagged a gmail address, ended up with a Youtube and G+ account.

Given the content i don't think i would take any of his claims at face value.

BTW, the email seems to have been cross-posted between LKML and a couple of debian lists.
> Given the content i don't think i would take any of his claims at face value.

I also wouldn't take at face value any of Poettering's claims that systemd-shim can accommodate sysvinit for awhile, either. Especially not after his (Poettering's) flaming gambit against Torvalds lst week and saying that "open source is 'sick', kernel community 'awful'"!!

2c
Search for Gregory Smith on LKML. The guy's obviously just a troll.
First 'truth': 2+ 2 = 4

Second 'truth': 3 + 1 = 4

Yes, 2 'truths' can be true.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post