On 01/02/2014 10:30 AM, Ian Jackson wrote: > Nikolaus Rath writes ("Re: Bug#727708: loose ends for init system decision"): >> For example, a hypothetical future program to interactively adjust >> program cgroups cannot be sysvinit compatible in any meaningful sense, >> because it does not need to be supervised, started, or stopped. However, >> this program would depend on the cgroups API offered by systemd. So this >> program would not be allowed in Debian, unless its maintainer adds >> support for whatever cgroups managed we would eventually use with upstart? > > I would hope that we can standardise on a single API to the system's > single cgroup writer.
I certainly hope so too, but I think the question of how such a situation would be handled needs to be answered. Even if we end up with a standardized cgroup API, it may show up in a different disguise. Best, Nikolaus -- Encrypted emails preferred. PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org