Choice of init system:
-1. The default init(1) in jessie will be upstart.
-
-2. Architectures which do not currently support upstart should try to
- port it. If this is not achieved in time, those architectures may
- continue to use sysvinit. [ Non-use of upstart should not be a
- criterion for architecture qualification status in jessie. ]
+1. The default init(1) in jessie for Linux architectures will be
+ upstart.
+
+2. The default init(1) in jessie for non-Linux ports will be upstart
+ if it has been ported and confirmed by the porters to be working by
+ the time of the jessie release. Failing this, the default init(1)
+ in jessie for non-Linux ports is left to the discretion of the
+ maintainers of that port.
+
+ [ However, the Technical Committee requests that, should upstart be
+ unavailable on both Hurd and kFreeBSD, the Hurd and kFreeBSD
+ porters agree on a single alternative init(1) implementation that
+ will be shared by both ports. ]
+
+ [ Non-use of upstart should not be a criterion for architecture
+ qualification status in jessie. ]
3. At least in jessie, unless a satisfactory compatibility approach is
developed and deployed (see paragraph 10), packages must continue