Bug#726675: gnome-settings-daemon: requires systemd

[YunQiang Su]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Christoph Anton Mitterer
<calestyo at scientia.net> wrote:
> Package: gnome-settings-daemon
> Version: 3.8.5-2
> Severity: normal
>
>
> Hi.
>
> gnome-settings-daemon depends on systemd now,...
>
> While I think systemd IS the future, it is not yet the default in Debian, neither
> does it work in all circumstances yet (AFAIK, there are e.g. still issues with
> dm-crypt).
>
>
> Of course, just installint systemd, doesn't replace sysvinit as init, nevertheless,...
> 1) systemd brings a lot of stuff which will get active, even when just installing
> it and not installing systemd-sysv. udev rules, polkit and dbus stuff and more.
>
> So the question arises, when gnome forces people now to install systemd, does this
> cause any side effects?
>
> And even more,... as you say you depend now on systemd, does that functionality
> work, when it is not actually used.
>
>
> So short question... couldn't systemd be made voluntary for now? Or even better: forever.
> Even when systemd should become default in debian, people still might want to use
> alternatives.
>
>
> A desktop environment shouldn't force users upon such low level stuff like the init-
> system,... what comes next? Forcing us to use a special kernel?
Yes, it is.
> IMHO this would be broken by design.
While, if there is not systemd installed, gnome cannot work properly.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Chris.
>
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