Bug#1084924: The system-log-daemon virtual package

Hi,

On 07/11/2024 10:03, Helmut Grohne wrote:

> Indeed, we can lift Bastian's mail into a proper proposal. Logging
> services are generally assumed to be available. It becomes the
> responsibility of the init system or container runtime. The
> system-log-daemon virtual package mainly serves as an exclusion
> mechanism. Alternative init systems such as sysvinit-core should issue a
> dependency or recommendation on it.

This seems like the wrong shape of solution to me; we've not previously 
assumed this, and I don't think the case for such a policy change has 
yet been made.

Regards,

Matthew