On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Robert Xu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 13:50, Sebastian Plotz <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I just want to start a discussion, if it would be meaningful to replace
>> Sysvinit with Upstart ...
>>
>> Here are some points for discussion:
>>
>> 1. The bootscripts can still be used (like Ubuntu did).
>
> But that requires SysVinit tools.
>
>> 2. The LFS user will learn something about old techniques (runlevels) and
>> new techniques (event based booting) at the same time.
>
> True, but not much.
>
>> 3. Upstart is more modern than Sysvinit (and it is under active
>> development).
>
> Can we keep up?
>
>> 4. Some distributions already use upstart (Ubuntu, Fedora) or will use it
>> in future (openSUSE, Debian).
>>
>> What are you thinking about that?
>>
>
> Sounds nice, but maybe wait?
>
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Upstart is currently used by:
* Ubuntu 6.10 and later
* Fedora 9 thru 13
* Debian (as an option)
* Nokia's Maemo platform
* Palm's WebOS
* Google's Chromium OS
* Google's Chrome OS
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