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> From: "Rainer Weikusat" <rainerweikusat@???>
> Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@???> writes:

>> Worse, if "refuse to support multiple init systems" means that the
>> Debian packagers start stripping out the init scripts from Debian
>> packages, those, those packages become useless in Devuan.
>
> This is actually such an absurd idea that I have some trouble
> considering it a serious concern (no disrespect intended --- I'm a
> developer and this seems 'a trifle' to me but maybe not to everybody
> else).

I get that an init script is very minor compared to the software it
starts/stops. The problem, though, is one of scale. If the handful
of people who work on Devuan suddenly have to create init scripts
for hundreds or thousands of packages, that job will take a long
time. Even if it's just a matter of finding an old init script and
verifying that it works.

That said, I am doubtful that this scenario will happen. But even if
it did, it would not be an insurmountable problem. It would be a big
pain in the neck, though.

-Rob