[gentoo-user] Re: Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie

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On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 22:15:32 +0100
Tom Wijsman <TomWij@g.o> wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Mar 2014 02:27:11 +0600
> Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 21:00:27 +0100 Tom Wijsman wrote:
> > > > OpenRC is default in Gentoo now, and it is my best hope it will
> > > > be.
> > >
> > > Do you have a source that backs up this claim?
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6
>
> That is documentation; it being listed as a default there is by the
> consequence of it having been present there, whether it is decided to
> be the default is another story (not found grepping council meetings).

Why should Gentoo have a default?  ISTM the only good reason is that
not having a default would make the documentation a lot more
complicated.