[yocto] is there a rationale for YP using sysvinit as default init manager?

[Alexander Kanavin]

On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 at 22:18, Richard Purdie <
richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> We got so far and after looking at the position we ended up I decided
> it was easier to switch poky-altcfg rather than change poky and/or OE
> defaults. I resolved that bug as "complete" as we now had testing of
> systemd on a near enough equal footing to sysvinit which was the
> concern people had raised. There are problems in oe-selftest and some
> other corner cases but nothing people seem to be running into day-to-
> day.
>

It is also quite amazing that the project, by design, has entirely
sidestepped the divisive init system wars that have been gripping the
mainstream linux distros for years (and still are). I'd say it hardly
matters what the default is, if the other options are well supported.

Alex
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