On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:40:27 -0400 "Walter Dnes" <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 01:18:24AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote > > > I'm not sure where you're going with this. We're discussing an init > > system and good, simple ways to start services. App maintainers are > > going to continue to do whatever they feel they ought to do, some > > might write the systemd files, some might not - that is what already > > happens. Someone has to write it and what goes in it depends on what > > the app code does, not the other way round. > > The point I'm making is that if the initialization is moved into the > binary, then the binary will have to be patched/modified/whatever. > There's already somebody with a systemd overlay. Assuming that the > initialization code gets shoved into the binary, how does it > simultaneously support openrc/systemd/linux/bsd/Sun/HPUX/etc/etc? The > only realistic answer I see is leaving the init code to the distro > maintainer. We don't expect the upstream for sshd or any other > software to write Gentoo-specific stuff like ebuilds. Whey should > they be expected to write Gentoo-specific initscripts? Fair enough > > As for the last question, I really have no idea where you're taking > > this. I don't know the answer, I've never been a maintainer in that > > position. Being the arrogant shit that I am, I reckon I would > > probably tell the user to piss off and I don't support hobby crap. > > But hey, that's just what I think I might say while sitting here on > > my couch. > > So you're saying you wouldn't have supported... No, you're saying that you believe that you think I would say that based on some extrapolation of I don't know what. I said no such thing. I said that I don't know what I would do Let's not get too carried away with Linus's little project being representative of anything. It's a fluke. There are 100s of other hobby systems that went nowhere. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
