On 02/16/2014 12:59 PM, 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? > > 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. >
No, I have no intention of starting any kind of war for the wrong reason. Although I am somewhat offended by particular one subscriber, the other reactions give me more insight in the prevailing mind set. Personally, I have no problem with sysvinit, In fact I find it's simplicity very appealing - beside the fact that over the years I have grown accustom to it. I just wanted to raise the question and see what the reactions might be. As it stands, there is a separate systemd branch I was not aware of - can't find it using the web site - so that question is answered. And yes, it (LFS) is a learning tool and a good one at that. But sometimes tools need to be refreshed or even replaced by newer tools to stay on par with the technical evolution and/or being attractive enough to draw in new people. I wonder how long the current practice of updating the packages only will work and not updating it's architecture. One reason I got thinking about it was how the udev-lfs package was extracted from the systemd package. It is currently still possible to extract it, but I would not be surprised when that whole sub-system is replaced with incompatible code in future version of systemd. What to do then: maintain a LFS udev package or switch over to a system which has his own merits and likewise, drawbacks? For now, I have not yet decided which stream to follow, maybe both streams. As this is undoubtedly not my last posting, Regards, Frans. "You can survive by - among others - thinking ahead too" -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
