From my perspective the fact that good people were clearly split suggests that either option would work perfectly well. I trust the new stewards of pid 1 will take that responsibility as seriously as the Upstart team has done, and be as pleasant to work with. And… onward.
Looks pretty gracious to me.
I'd guess that, given Canonical/Ubuntu has struck out on its own in various other respects (and the level of controversy that generates on forums like this one), there is a need to make clear to the broader community that they aren't doing that on this particular issue.
(Speaking as a naive desktop ubuntu user who wouldn't know systemd from upstart until they blow up in my face. Which, AFAICT, neither ever has.)
From my perspective the fact that good people were clearly split suggests that either option would work perfectly well. I trust the new stewards of pid 1 will take that responsibility as seriously as the Upstart team has done, and be as pleasant to work with. And… onward.
Looks pretty gracious to me.
I'd guess that, given Canonical/Ubuntu has struck out on its own in various other respects (and the level of controversy that generates on forums like this one), there is a need to make clear to the broader community that they aren't doing that on this particular issue.
(Speaking as a naive desktop ubuntu user who wouldn't know systemd from upstart until they blow up in my face. Which, AFAICT, neither ever has.)