On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:02:31 -0500 Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> As long as OpenRC is the default init system in Gentoo, it is on > those who want something *other* than OpenRC (ie, systemd) to do the > work of implementing it. It's the job of whoever wants any init system to work to make it work, isn't it? There's no magic that makes the default work without it being someone's job to make it work. No matter what the default is, for any init system to work, there has to be a group of people committed to making it work. There are such groups for OpenRC and systemd within Gentoo. And since Gentoo is about choice, each group bears the burden of doing whatever is reasonable to make sure it doesn't interfere with users' ability to run whichever system they want. Reaching a consensus about "whatever is reasonable" isn't always a pretty process, but they have to do it anyway. I'm an OpenRC user, and I intend to remain one, but I wouldn't mind if Gentoo had no default init system and the user would have to choose one at install time via a profile choice, eselect, or just a bunch of USE flags, as long as the choices are well documented.
