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

[Mark Hindley]

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 10:23:06AM +0000, Andrew Bower wrote:
> It doesn't seem fair to make it harder to switch to runit without also
> resolving https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1006971
> ("add runit-init as a Pre-Depends of init metapackag [tracker]").

I agree. And that is exactly why I highlighted the possibility of this:

> > I also see a possible small benefit.  If individual packages to declared they
> > 
> >  Provides: init
> >  Protected: yes
> > 
> > the contentious init package could disappear and alternative inits would not
> > need to convince the systemd maintainers that they achieve whatever standard.
> 
> Is this a realistic possibility?

I infer it might be from Michael Biebl's comment[1]

[1]  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=940965#44

Mark