Lennart Poettering (mzerqung(a)0pointer.de) said:
> Would alternatives work here ?
Yes, the alternatives system would probably work. However, I think there
are things where it is a good idea to use and where it isn't. And I
think this case is one of the latter. If we go down the switchable init
via symlinks route then i'd prefer if we did this via
installing/removing packages, not via the alternatives system.
alternatives isn't really appropriate - it's only changeable at runtime,
which means that you'd flip the alternative, and then telinit/shutdown/etc
would all start acting strangely w.r.t. the init you're currently running.
Bill