
Debian Begins Vote On Supporting Non-Systemd Init Options (phoronix.com) 225
"It's been five years already since the vote to transition to systemd in Debian over Upstart," reports Phoronix, noting that the Debian developer community has now begun a 20-day ranked-choice vote on eight different proposals for "'init system diversity' and just how much Debian developers care (or not) in supporting alternatives to systemd."
The eight options they're voting on:
The eight options they're voting on:
- Choice 1: F: Focus on systemd
- Choice 2: B: Systemd but we support exploring alternatives
- Choice 3: A: Support for multiple init systems is Important
- Choice 4: D: Support non-systemd systems, without blocking progress
- Choice 5: H: Support portability, without blocking progress
- Choice 6: E: Support for multiple init systems is Required
- Choice 7: G: Support portability and multiple implementations
- Choice 8: Further Discussion
There's detailed descriptions of each option on the Debian developers mailing list. "This is a non-secret vote," the post explains. "After the voting period is over the details on who voted what will be published."