Re: Replace systemd

From	The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Replace systemd
Date	2017-07-05 18:40 +0200
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On 2017-07-05 at 11:27, Don Armstrong wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Jul 2017, David Griffith wrote:

>> It would be nice to have an install-time option for selecting the desired init.
> 
> It already exists:
> 
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2017/04/msg00097.html
> 
> «
> You can just append:
> 
> preseed/late_command="in-target apt-get install -y sysvinit-core"
> 
> to the installer command line.

I suspect that what the people who ask for this are thinking of is a
step in the installer sequence at which you are prompted to choose which
init system you want to be installed, such that the installer will never
even attempt to install any other init system.

This differs from the suggested methods to date not only in avoiding
"systemd-sysv was installed, then sysvinit-core replaced it later on"
(which some of the suggested methods may also do), but also in the UX;
having it presented to you as a choice, rather than having to know about
it in advance and take separate steps on your own, makes a significant
cosmetic and psychological difference, as well as affecting
discoverability.

If the installer doesn't present the option, then it's not really "an
install-time option" in a certain sense; it takes on more the shape of
advanced / expert hackery, rather than appearing to be something the
developers actually support.

I think that's the mindset, anyway.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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Replace systemd Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> - 2017-07-03 22:40 +0200
  Re: Replace systemd Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-07-03 23:00 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 00:10 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 00:30 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd Jason Wittlin-Cohen <jwittlincohen@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 02:30 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2017-07-04 07:00 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-07-04 20:10 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 00:30 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 01:20 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-07-05 03:00 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd SDA <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 14:20 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 04:30 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2017-07-05 10:00 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-05 10:30 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-05 15:10 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 02:00 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 13:10 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 17:40 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net> - 2017-07-05 23:50 +0200
  Re: Replace systemd Jim Ohlstein <jim@mailman-hosting.com> - 2017-07-03 23:00 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 07:00 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-05 15:20 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> - 2017-07-05 16:10 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-05 16:40 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 23:20 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-07-05 23:50 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 01:00 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd chris <tknchris@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 00:00 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 01:30 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 06:30 +0200
  Re: Replace systemd Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-07-03 23:10 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2017-07-06 13:10 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 14:10 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-07-06 15:10 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 15:50 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2017-07-06 16:10 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 18:20 +0200
                Re: Re: Replace systemd Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net> - 2017-07-07 05:40 +0200
                Re: Re: Replace systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-07 21:20 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-07 21:00 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2017-07-06 15:50 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 18:10 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-07-07 07:10 +0200
  Re: Replace systemd Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2017-07-03 23:40 +0200
    Re: Replace systemd David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-07-05 01:00 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-05 04:40 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-05 15:20 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 01:50 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 12:20 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 18:20 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 22:20 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-07 00:50 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-07 16:10 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-07 18:10 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-07-07 21:20 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-07 23:40 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-07-07 21:30 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd JPlews <jw@plews.org.uk> - 2017-07-05 15:10 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 02:00 +0200
      Re: Replace systemd Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-07-05 17:50 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-07-05 18:40 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-07-05 19:10 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 02:00 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-07-06 05:20 +0200
              Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 13:20 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-07-06 14:00 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-07-06 14:30 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd JPlews <jw@plews.org.uk> - 2017-07-06 16:20 +0200
                Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 15:40 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-07-06 11:40 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 02:10 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 13:10 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd David Griffith <dave@661.org> - 2017-07-06 05:50 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-07-06 07:10 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Ansgar Burchardt <"Ansgar Burchardt"@43-1.org> - 2017-07-06 08:50 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-07-06 10:30 +0200
            Re: Replace systemd The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-07-06 14:10 +0200
          And the UNasked questions are? - was [Re: Replace systemd] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-07-06 11:50 +0200
        Re: Replace systemd Rob van der Putten <rob@sput.nl> - 2017-07-09 13:50 +0200
          Re: Replace systemd "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2017-07-09 15:30 +0200

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