On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 4:43 AM, KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

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> Why we don't just ship the init scripts for each system with the
> corresponding service, install them "somewhere else" (e.g.,
> /var/cache/sysvinit, /var/cache/openrc, /var/cache/wtf, as has been
> already suggested by others) and then copy (or symlink) the
> corresponding directory in /etc/ only when the user selects "wtf" as
> init system? This could be managed much more easily by
> update-alternatives, which has just to update two symlinks, e.g. he
> one corresponding to /sbin/init and the one corresponding to it's
> bloody scripts directory...
>
> PrimoDevuanStabilisCreandaEst
>

I know this is in the very early stages and where things go is
still open to discussion, but consider this.

UNIX and lookalikes have been able to boot into single user mode
with a small root filesystem without the need for /usr, /var or ...
There are still admins that have split any number of these directories
into their own filesystems for various reasons. I guess you can call
these use-cases. By placing the init systems in /var we again remove
another choice for admins/users. If we are about choice, then /var
may not be the best place to put inits.

Something to consider and discuss, I hope.

Thanks,

Jim