Breaking init swtich: was Re: sysvinit_3.14-2_source.changes ACCEPTED into experimental

[lorenzo]

Hi Mark,

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 09:58:02AM +0000, Mark Hindley wrote:

> It would be really helpful to have other testing and confirmation
> of sanity before I upload to unstable.

* d/control: sysvinit-core add Protected: yes. (Closes: #940965)

this change, in my opinion, breaks init switchability for good.
As systemd-sysv gains this flag it will be no longer feasible to
switch to an alternative init, let it be sysvinit-core, runit-init
or another one.

Also, I think, with this specific change to sysvinit-core, switching
between alternative inits becomes very hard or close to not feasible.
This also affects downstreams where the switch works/ is supported,
such as Devuan.

Is this intended?

Best,
Lorenzo