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

[Martin Steigerwald]

Hi Mark, hi Lorenzo, hi.

lorenzo - 24.02.25, 09:42:19 MEZ:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:28:33 +0000
> 
> Mark Hindley <mark at hindley.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 12:11:09AM +0100, lorenzo wrote:
> > > as far as I know there is no flag to remove a protected package in
> > > apt, for example (you can just test in a debootstrap sid chroot)
> > 
> > That is what I thought too. But, based on Thorsten's suggestion,
> > --allow-remove-essential works:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > So the 'cost' of  adding Protected: yes is having to use
> > --allow-remove-essential and explicitly remove sysvinit-core.
> > 
> > Is that acceptable?
> 
> Ok then it's fine for me.

Fine with me as well - with some documentation to make users aware of it.
Not sure about the right place for such documentation. Maybe a NEWS entry 
+ Debian wiki page? Maybe just a NEWS entry (to not rely on internet 
resources for that)?

Any thoughts?

Best,
-- 
Martin