Is it just me or is there a surge of alternate init activity in Debian currently?

Andrew Bower andrew at bower.uk
Fri Apr 4 04:34:46 BST 2025


Hi Martin,

On Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 10:28:31AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Is it just me or is there a surge of alternate init activity in Debian 
> currently?

It seems we have to be constantly vigilent. Things keep breaking
silently.

For example, I am now concerned that coreutils is only a hasty NMU away
from gaining an unnecessary and badly-timed dependency on libsystemd: 

  https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/04/msg00025.html

> People care.
> 
> People work together.
> 
> I appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks! Thanks kindly!

Thank you for your encouragement to new and old contributors alike; it
really makes a difference!

Your willingness to review a concept has also been really helpful.

Andrew



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