Re:Devuan “ASCII” 2.0 Release Candidate is now available
by vbernat on Thursday May 10, 2018 @04:25PM
(#17042636)
> So no, it is not trivial to take a Debian release and make it run SysVinit or OpenRC.
It is: "apt install sysvinit-core". For some reason, we still carry the burden of maintaining compatibility with many init systems while the "pro-choice" players don't.
> And as far as "upstreaming" to Debian, how is Debian upstream for SysVinit or OpenRC? Both of those are separate projects not owned by Debian.
Until recently, sysvinit was maintained by Debian.
It is: "apt install sysvinit-core". For some reason, we still carry the burden of maintaining compatibility with many init systems while the "pro-choice" players don't.
> And as far as "upstreaming" to Debian, how is Debian upstream for SysVinit or OpenRC? Both of those are separate projects not owned by Debian.
Until recently, sysvinit was maintained by Debian.