I really feel that Debian is all about freedom of choice. launchd is a great tool and you should be able to use it if you want to, so including it in Debian is a Good Idea, IMHO of course. You should not decide for _other_ people what will suit their needs. BTW someone could create a very interesting desktop distibution using these tools Bye,
Michele In reply to: martin f krafft wrote: >Apple has just released launchd, a init/cron/watchdog/etc. >replacement. Has anyone looked at it? It seems like a bit of work to > > It is not a good idea to replace multiple system utilities with one. Right now I can install a different cron or inetd or atd, or I can remove them. I don't think launchd is a viable alternative to all these programs since it tries to do too much. There are positives for apple for doing this, but I don't think they translate to an open distribution like Debian. - Adam -- "Aspetto un'emozione sempre piu' indefinibile" (CCCP Fedeli alla linea)