On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Lorenzo Villani <lvill...@binaryhelix.net>wrote:
> On 09/20/2009 06:28 PM, Steve Grubb wrote: > >> >> Not at all. These days the only need for xinetd is in memory constrained >> systems. For mainline x86_64 bought with typically 4Gb of main memory, >> xinetd >> is a thing of the past. That's my point. >> >> Well, I am probably part of that 0.000001% who would like some services > to start on-demand. > For example I don't print all the time and I prefer to have cups start only > when needed, then die instead of having it waiting for no real purpose. Now, > this is a case in which it doesn't make sense (you start xinetd instead of > cups for no real gain) but it can be useful with some setups. > > Even if I have a quad-core system with 4Gb of memory available I always > prefer to find a better use for it. > > What about launchd ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launchd http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html Sound good But it really have MUCH more functionality of xinetd (or the old inetd) > -- > Lorenzo V. > > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list >
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