Init : someone could comment this ?

[Les Mikesell]

Casey Dahlin wrote:

> Interfaces change. We like to keep them the same but snapping the reigns 
> and yelling "giddyup" just isn't a suitable control mechanism for a car. 

Great - how will you like it when the gas/brake pedals are reversed on 
your next model?

> A new init system is likely going to have properties that inittab isn't 
> capable of expressing. 

What does that have to do with maintaining interfaces?  If someone can't 
write a backwards-compatible interface why should you trust them to be 
able to improve something?

> Users will have to learn.

Or not.

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