On 30/03/12 08:18, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > ]] Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez > >> > On 20/03/12 07:14, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: >>> > > FWIW, I have a proposal for a GSoC task this year to write a >>> > > systemd-to-initscript converter, >>> > > http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2012/Projects#SysV-init_file_creator_from_systemd_service_files >>> > > >>> > > The systemd service files are covered by the «interface guarantee», >>> > > meaning they won't change incompatibly in a future release of systemd, >>> > > so I think having that as the base format would be fairly reasonable, >>> > > though probably just a subset so it's portable to other kernels and init >>> > > systems. >> > >> > And instead of this... why not simply improving metainit to support also >> > systemd files? > I doubt you'll get upstreams to write metainit files. I think we'll > have upstreams providing systemd files and so I think metainit will > basically be #15 in http://xkcd.com/927/.
Good point. What you think about extending this GSoC project to also implement the translation from systemd unit files to upstart ones? it is worth ? I am afraid that if everybody switches to systemd only ubuntu will remain using upstart. And this weird canonical contributor agreement don't makes thing easier for them http://thepcspy.com/read/ubuntu-and-the-canonical-contributor-agreement/ Best Regards! -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez http://neutrino.es Igalia - Free Software Engineering http://www.igalia.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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