[maemo-developers] Upstart vs. sysvinit (roadmap)

[From: Tor]

Sorry if this has been discussed, but a search revealed nothing.

On the Maemo roadmap
(http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle) I noticed this:

"Device startup handled by Upstart instead of sysvinit. Location and
format of init scripts differ."

This makes me a bit concerned. It sounds like moving away from what's
standard (sysvinit), i.e. porting packages will need more work.
Daemons I've ported in the past has been mostly just to drop in the
Debian package, and a quick check of the init.d script for anything
more complex than the slightly limited (but otherwise compatible)
feature set available on Maemo. Very very little work.

Is there a very compelling reason to move away from something as
standard as sysvinit? I haven't even heard about "Upstart".

-Tor