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[martin f krafft]

Scott, could you please try not to CC me on replies?

also sprach Scott James Remnant <scott at netsplit.com> [2006.09.03.0324 +0200]:
> How would we go about developing it within Debian?  Given that we've
> already reached the block that sysvinit needs modification to make it
> replaceable, and there are also about a dozen packages that need their
> dependencies on sysvinit (which date back to a legacy Debian policy
> change) removed.

Do you have a list of what's needed? I've already taken the first
step...

> These changes were easy in Ubuntu, but in Debian require some
> amount of hard work persuading people; not in the least the
> sysvinit maintainers.

Let's do it.

> Also how would we co-ordinate the changes to the initscripts
> package, given that Debian is in a base freeze and these are
> required for the edgy release of Ubuntu?

I am not talking about now and here, and would be perfectly happy to
aim for post-etch.

> Assuming we can overcome those kinds of obstacles in an effortless
> way, there's no reason it couldn't be developed "in Debian" and
> sync'd into Ubuntu if you're willing to put in some amount of
> effort?

Could you be more specific as to what would be required?

> Of course, if those obstacles can be overcome, there's also no
> reason it couldn't be developed "in Ubuntu" and sync'd into
> Debian.

No. Though doing it this way seems the wrong way around to me. Maybe
that's just me.

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