Matt, there are still a couple of problems with including Upstart in the exam objectives.
1. It's still very much a work in progress. Ubuntu and Fedora "kinda-of, sort-of" implement it, in an effort to make a gradual transition. So, nobody really yet knows what it'll look like in its final form. 2. The last time I checked, Upstart documentation was still quite sketchy. Is there really enough information on it for anyone to write an Upstart chapter in an LPI training manual? For my own training materials, I've inserted a note about the fact that Ubuntu and Fedora are using Upstart, and about how Upstart doesn't use an inittab file. Other than that, I think that we should let this slide for a while, at least until things get more settled. > From: "G. Matthew Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] New LPI 101 Exam, 101.3 > To: "This is the lpi-examdev mailing list." <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > MJang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> w/r/t the new objectives, item 101.3, I see no reference to the Upstart >> system. Looks like Upstart is replacing init at least on the latest >> Ubuntu and Fedora distros. >> >> So I suggest that some info on Upstart be included in the new LPI exam. >> I don't know if init should be deleted completely, unless all major >> distros are replacing init with Upstart. > > This is a good question. Probably a more correct one is "Should we dump > /etc/inittab in favour of /etc/event.d?" > > I didn't realize that upstart had left the ubuntu world. I've verified that > /etc/inittab is gone from Ubuntu 8.04, can someone also verified that it is > definitely gone from Fedora? And not just supporting upstart. > > > Also, does anyone have an opinion on whether upstart is going to catch on? > The last I read, it wasn't much of an improvement (performance-wise) to old > init. The home page: > > http://upstart.ubuntu.com/ > > lists: > * Ubuntu 6.10 and later > * Fedora 9 and later > * Debian experimental > > as the distros picking it up. > > To answer myself, I think that we could probably wait upstart is adopted more > widely but I'd like to hear other opinions. > > Regards, _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
