On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 09:17:58AM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > On 07/16/2013 02:19 AM, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 04:18:17PM +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote:
> >> If OpenRC goes up to the shape I expect, it will have a huge advantage > >> over systemd and Upstart: it will not be controversial, > > That's not true at all. > >> throwing away non-Linux ports, and taking over the whole of the system. > >> It will just be an improvement, and that's it. > > It will be a minor improvement that does nothing to address the problems > > with sysvinit that upstart and systemd aim to solve > Like? - Reliable, low-maintenance system startup (no races / ordering bugs) - Reliable service supervision - Fast startup - Sensible dynamic service management in response to post-boot events (network up/down, device add/remove, etc). - Simple, declarative syntax My understanding is that OpenRC only addresses the last of these points, and adds nothing over sysv-rc for the rest. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org
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