--- layout: post date: 2013-07-01 20:00:00 +0200 title: "Survey answers part 2: the transition" categories: Artikel tags: - debian ---
This blog post is the second of a series of posts dealing with the results of the Debian systemd survey. I intend to give a presentation at DebConf 2013, too, so you could either read my posts, or watch the talk, or both :-).
It seems that it is unclear how Debian’s transition to systemd is intended to
work. By “transition”, we mean going from the current state (sysvinit is the
default and fully supported) to systemd is fully supported. Then by
merely installing systemd by default and letting it provide
/sbin/init
, we can make it the default init system. If and when
that happens is a different matter and it’s not necessary for all packages to
have systemd support.
systemd natively supports sysvinit scripts, meaning your existing package will work as-is — but you cannot utilize all the features that systemd provides. The sysvinit support works very well, as you can try in a fresh Debian wheezy VM. In the output of “systemctl list-units”, every entry which has an “LSB: ” prefix is actually a sysvinit script.
The mechanism with which systemd decides whether to use an init script or a
service file is by looking whether a service file with a corresponding name
exists. That is, if e.g. apache2.service
exists, systemd will
prefer it over /etc/init.d/apache2
.
To make this crystal clear: it is not necessary to ship service files for all services in some kind of flag day. systemd supports a “mixed” installation where some services use init scripts and some services use service files.
In a nutshell, it usually works like this:
/lib/systemd/system/foo.service
..service
file.debian/package.service
apache2.service
for /etc/init.d/apache2
)
--with=systemd
in debian/rules
and Build-Dep on dh-systemd
For details see wiki.debian.org/Systemd/Packaging.
We carefully made sure that you can install the systemd Debian package on your
machine alongside sysvinit without breaking anything. The systemd package does
not conflict with any other packages, it will not replace
/sbin/init
and systemd will not be enabled right away. It is only
after you specify the kernel parameter init=/bin/systemd
in
/etc/default/grub
that you switch to systemd. In case you want to
go back, simply boot without this kernel parameter.
In conclusion, the transition is straight-forward and the necessary infrastructure is in place. systemd is available in Debian and can be used today. Packages can add systemd support whenever their maintainer(s) feel like it. There is no need for a flag day. We can switch the default whenever we think we are ready.


St Mark’s closed after fresh flood hits Venice
VENICE, Nov 16 — Another exceptional high tide swamped flood-hit Venice yesterday, prompting the mayor to order St Mark’s square closed after Italy declared a state of emergency for the Unesco city.
Luigi Brugnaro moved to shut the iconic square as the latest sea surge struck with strong storms and winds battering the region.
It reached a high of 1.54 metres (five feet) just before midday — lower than Tuesday’s peak but still dangerous.
“I’m forced to close the square to avoid health risks for citizens... a disaster,” Brugnaro said.
In the afternoon the square reopened as water levels receded and forecasts anticipated lower levels in coming days.
Churches, shops and homes in the city of canals have been inundated by unusually intense “acqua alta”, or high water, which on Tuesday hit their highest level in half a century.
“We’ve destroyed Venice, we’re talking about €1 billion (RM4.6 billion) in damage and that’s just from the other day, not today,” Brugnaro said, as far-right leader Matteo Salvini joined the list of politicians to visit the stricken city.
The crisis, driven by bad weather, has prompted the government to release €20 million in funds to tackle the devastation.
“It’s shocking to see this, having water up to your knees,” Mexican tourist Oscar Calzada, 19, told AFP yesterday.
“You have to be here to believe it and hopefully it won’t happen again, it’ll only be once-in-a-lifetime type thing.”
Surveying the damage, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini warned the task of repairing the city would be huge. More than 50 churches had suffered damage, he said.
“Seeing these places first-hand gives the sense of a much greater disaster than TV images show,” Franceschini said.
‘Everyone’s heritage’
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared the emergency on Thursday.
Residents whose houses have been hit are eligible for up to €5,000 in immediate government aid, while restaurant and shop owners can receive up to €20,000 and apply for more later.
Mayor Brugnaro yesterday also announced the opening of a fund where people in Italy and around the world could contribute to the historic city’s repair.
One tourist, Italian Nicole Righetti, said she would be willing to pitch in.
“It would be a shame to no longer be able to see these places, and I think everyone should give,” Righettii said.
Some Venetians, used to the inconvenience of their city’s rising waters, nevertheless expressed frustration.
“All the stock in the basement is lost,” lamented one worker at a shop along St. Mark’s square, Luciano. He said he remembered well the infamous “acqua alta” of 1966, when the water rose to a level of 1.94 metres, the highest-ever since records began in 1923.
“These so frequent high waters have never happened before...this time there’s so much more damage than in the past,” he said.
Hotels reported cancelled reservations, some as far ahead as December, following the widespread diffusion of images of Venice underwater.
But the waters were expected to recede, to a maximum height of 1.20 metres today and 1.30 metres tomorrow, according to authorities.
Climate change warning
Tuesday’s high waters submerged around 80 per cent of the city, officials said.
“It makes me question what Venice is going to be like in 50 years,” California student David Melendez, 20, told AFP yesterday.
“Hopefully this beautiful city can survive and our sons and grandsons can see it.”
Many, including Venice’s mayor, have blamed the disaster on global warming and warned that the country prone to natural disasters must wake up to the risks posed by ever more volatile seasons.
The Serenissima, as the floating city is called, is home to 50,000 residents but receives 36 million global visitors each year.
A massive infrastructure project has been under way since 2003 to protect the city, but it has been plagued by cost overruns, corruption scandals and delays.
The plan involves 78 gates that can be raised to protect Venice’s lagoon during high tides — but a recent attempt to test part of it caused worrying vibrations and engineers discovered it had rusted. — AFP-Relaxnews


Devon Freemasons take national air ambulance donations past £2.4million
The Devon Air Ambulance received the grant from Devonshire Freemasons
by Lewis ClarkeA £4,000 donation has brought the total Masonic support for air ambulances across the country past the £2.4million mark.
The Devon Air Ambulance received the grant from Devonshire Freemasons. The total contribution to the Devon Air Ambulance since 2007 by Devonshire Freemasons is in excess of £122,000.
Devon’s Air Ambulances operates across Devon up to 19 hours a day and assisted 1109 patients during 2018.
The grant, which comes through the Masonic Charitable Foundation, is funded by Freemasons and their families from across Devon, England and Wales.
During 2019, Freemasons from around the country will be presenting 20 regional air ambulances with grants totalling £180,000.
Tracy Owen, fundraising manager at the Devon Air Ambulance, said: “We would like to thank all of the Devonshire Freemasons lodges for their ongoing support. Donations from them truly do make a huge difference in keeping Devon’s two Air Ambulances flying.”
Dr Reuben Ayres Provincial Grand Charity Steward of the Devonshire Freemasons when meeting Tracy and Adrian Parker, their Patient Liason Officer said: “We are proud to be able to support the Devon Air Ambulance. Thanks to the tireless efforts of their doctors and aircrew, many lives of local people are saved every year.”
Devon Air Ambulance relies entirely on charitable grants and donations. To make a donation, visit<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or 01392-466666.


Spanish language
Spanish is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Spain and the Americas. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.
Spanish is a part of the Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in Iberia after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. The oldest Latin texts with traces of Spanish come from mid-northern Iberia in the 9th century,[9] and the first systematic written use of the language happened in Toledo, a prominent city of the Kingdom of Castile, in the 13th century. Beginning in 1492, the Spanish language was taken to the viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire, most notably to the Americas, as well as territories in Africa, Oceania and the Philippines.Learn more here
Some facts about Spanish
- Over 400 million people speak Spanihs
- There are 21 countries that have Spanish as the official language
- Spanish is a Romance language
- In Spanish, Spanish has two Spanish names, Español and Castellano
- Spanish is a phonetic language
- Each country has it's own Academy in "charge" of the language
- There are many regional nuances of Spanish
- Arabic influenced Spanish
- The earliest Spanish texts wew written over 1,000 years ago!
- Spanish is poetiic and has long sentences
- The demand of learning Spanish is increasing


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