On 02/16/2014 01:52 PM, Armin K. wrote: > On 16.2.2014 12:59, Frans de Boer wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> It looks like most Linux distributions are switching to systemd from >> sysvinit. As Bruce is even one of the (co-?)authors of systemd, the >> knowledge is already in the house. Why would (x)LFS stick to sysvinit >> while the rest of the world is moving to systemd? >> > > I doubt he ever contributed any code to upstream systemd. If you by > "systemd" mean the LFS systemd book, then no, he is one of the > maintainers of LFS with sysvinit, on which LFS systemd is based. > Hm, the reason I posted it in the first place was just because I noticed that Bruce his name was attached to systemd - somewhere. I can't find it any more but still my question stands.
>> Of course, simplicity might be one reason. After all sysvinit system is >> much easier to understand then the somewhat more complex systemd system. >> However, if everybody was thinking like this, there would be no progress >> ever. >> I also think that in order to keep (x)LFS attractive to new followers, >> the project should go with the flow. >> >> Since my days of programming are long past, I can only offer my system >> resources for (test)building development versions - much as what I do today. >> >> Regards, Frans. >> > > See the following two threads: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/blfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org/msg16106.html > > and > > https://www.mail-archive.com/blfs-dev@linuxfromscratch.org/msg16069.html > > including replies from Bruce and other people. > Continue with the reply of akhiezer.... -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
