Release notes for Trixie

[Lorenzo]

Hi,

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 11:07:53 +0100
Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 11:44:11AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > 
> > > 1.  Noteworthy updates to SysVinit and init scripts. Maybe some
> > > noteworthy bug fixes from your epic triage all the bugs run, Mark?
> 
> Not sure. It was mainly cleaning up old reports. I think the
> intention for Release Notes is to highlight gotchas. AFAIK, sysvinit
> and openrc work out of the box. Upgrades appear smooth (now the kmod
> thing is resolved).

I agree, I'm afraid Martin's points are off-topic for release notes.

> 
> If upgrades aren't smooth, I would like to fix them.
> 
> > > 2. Noteworthy updates to OpenRC. Probably OpenRC user session
> > > support?
> > 
> > I bet there is more news about OpenRC than user session support?
> 
> I don't plan to include  OpenRC 0.61 (with user services) in trixie.
> It is still marked experimental upstream, and it came too close to
> the freeze IMO.
> 
> Mark
> 

A note that now to install an alternative init now you need a special
apt command would be nice to have (even if one reads apt manpage it's
not obvious how to use the command);
with a link to
https://wiki.debian.org/Init
for instructions.

Speaking of which, the content of the wiki needs an update too.

About runit, the wiki states
 "runit is also packaged, but has not received the same level of testing
  and support as the others, and is not currently supported as PID 1"

could we change
 "and is not currently supported as PID 1"
with
 "support for runit as PID 1 is considered experimental"
?

Best,
Lorenzo