Re: Fwd: Re: Bug#727708: init system coupling etc.

[Piñeiro <apinheiro igalia com>]

On 02/17/2014 02:31 PM, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> First of all: thanks a lot to Olav for engaging in that debate! I
> couldn't have done it...  and I pretty much agree with the position
> you formulated: we should be open to reasonable patches that make
> things work better on whatever platform people want to try GNOME on.
> And we should be very happy that people want to try GNOME on those
> platforms. The shape of those patches can vary from case to case:
> could be reduced functionality, alternative backends, or a shim that
> puts systemd-lookalike interfaces in place. Expecting us to write all
> of those as a prerequisite for being 'allowed' into Debian is a
> non-starter.

I fully agree with this paragraph. Thanks for the summary.

BR

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