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Wasn't it Canonical creates Upstart, switches Ubuntu to it, RH switches to it; a few years later, RH creates SystemD, RH switches to it, Ubuntu switches to it?
by xav0989 6y ago
Wasn't it Canonical creates Upstart, switches Ubuntu to it, RH switches to it; a few years later, RH creates SystemD, RH switches to it, Ubuntu switches to it?
- stubish 6y agoUbuntu didn't switch to systemd. Debian switched to systemd, and Ubuntu had to follow or pretty much drop Debian as its upstream.
- account42 6y agoNah, they could have maintined Upstart integration like they did before. The number of packages that need init system integration is tiny compared to the whole of Debian.