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diff --git a/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn b/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn index c8a8347d..1972e197 100644 --- a/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/Upstart.mdwn @@ -8,11 +8,19 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!template id=highlight text="""/!\ Obsolete /!\ + +--- + +[[systemd|Systemd]] has almost universally replaced upstart."""]] + Upstart is an event based init system that is GPL licensed, however upstream contributions are under a CLA that permits proprietary relicensing. -As of Jan 2 2013, Debian is considering adopting Upstart as an init system on -GNU/Linux, and on GNU/kFreeBSD when the port to kFreeBSD is finished. +Most major GNU/Linux distributions are choosing systemd as their init system +instead of upstart. The original upstart developers seem to have stopped +developing it. The following are the words of Colin Watson on the debian-ctte@lists.debian.org mailing list and list the requirements of a potential HURD port: |