On Nov 15, 2012, at 12:23 AM, Steve Langasek <vor...@debian.org> wrote:
> Upstart provides a PID 1 that is absolutely rock solid. It's true that it's > more complex than sysvinit, because it's more featureful; The same is valid for the comparision of upstart vs systemd. > And of all the concerns raised when Ubuntu (and Fedora and OpenSuSE) > switched to upstart, "PID 1 is buggy and crashes" was not one of them. With only Ubuntu being the remaining distribution sticking to upstart, while nearly everyone else has switched to systemd. > This is not theoretical. upstart has been PID 1 in Ubuntu since 2006. It > *is* absolutely dependable and reliable. Upstart has had its problems, too [1]. And, honestly, the way this bug was handled left me with little confidence in upstart. Adrian > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/557177
