On 04/25/2012 06:42 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 08:52:59PM +0800, Patrick Lauer wrote: >> I'd like to ask you to evaluate OpenRC as candidate to replace the "old" >> have-always-been-there sysvinit/insserv init scripts in Debian. > > While as others have mentioned that ideally a more dynamic init > system such as systemd or upstart is where I think the general > consensus is (we all know that sysvinit/insserv is flawed in many > ways, even if we can't agree on what should replace it), there is > always the possibility of having OpenRC as a sysvinit alternative > in the interim, or potentially as a systemd/upstart alternative > longer term. > > Initially, we'd want to package it and make sure that it works ------------^^^^^ Does that mean you are working on it already? ;) So far I think using OpenRC is the first sane idea in this longish discussion, and while I won;t have the time to maintain it I would be happy to help with the initial packaging and testing.
> with our existing init scripts, before it could be considered as > the default. (Obviously we can't make any promises about that; > we already have a number of alternative inits, and OpenRC would be > one of several.) > > I think the key requirement is that it can function as a drop-in > replacement for sysvinit/insserv. Are there any important > differences? Does it treat LSB dependencies the same as insserv? > How about old scripts lacking dependency info? Are the dependencies > computed dynamically or generated? (insserv hooks into update-rc.d) > > > Regards, > Roger > -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprint: ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f98fdfe.5030...@bzed.de
