Release notes for Trixie

[Martin Steigerwald]

Hi Lorenzo and Mark, hi.

Lorenzo - 01.04.25, 12:32:46 CEST:
> 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.

Well… Individual bug fixes for sure should not go in there, however… 
noteworthy changes have been in past release notes:

https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.html#newdistro

Ah okay, but is is very generic. So a part about alternative init systems 
may not fit as there is not even a part about Systemd.

Okay, then scratch that.

[…]
> 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"
> ?

Will look into the wiki.

Not sure about a note in release notes. I really do not want to stir up 
old needless discussions and old fights.

Best,
-- 
Martin