Re: Bug#762194: Alternative proposal for init switch on upgrades.

2014-11-30 Thread Cameron Norman
On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Tollef Fog Heen tfh...@err.no wrote: ]] Cameron Norman On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Adam Borowski kilob...@angband.pl wrote: On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 05:29:42PM -0800, Cameron Norman wrote: I would like to propose a different one. [...] So

Bug#762194: Alternative proposal for init switch on upgrades.

2014-11-29 Thread Cameron Norman
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Adam Borowski kilob...@angband.pl wrote: On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 05:29:42PM -0800, Cameron Norman wrote: I would like to propose a different one. [...] So, the change would be that: the sysvinit package would cease being a transition / shim package, however

Bug#762194: a technical proposal

2014-11-22 Thread Cameron Norman
to come, which makes the distribution more difficult to support. If there was an intention to do so, how would we go about switching systems over to systemd in the next release, if we use the solution displayed here in Jessie? Thanks, -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ

Bug#762194: a technical proposal

2014-11-22 Thread Cameron Norman
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Cameron Norman camerontnor...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Adam Borowski kilob...@angband.pl wrote: Hi! As Ansgar requests technical solutions, here's one: just like systemd-shim|systemd-sysv, switch the init package from Pre

Bug#762194: Alternative proposal for init switch on upgrades.

2014-11-22 Thread Cameron Norman
| sysvinit-core | upstart. If an automatic switch is something that the project wants, but after Jessie, then then the init dependency would be changed to systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core | upstart. Cheers, -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org

Bug#765803: Status of prompting / notification on upgrade for init system switch?

2014-10-23 Thread Cameron Norman
for? If you are going to the work of parsing it all, would it not make sense to make a systemd generator out of it? -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https

Bug#765803: Status of prompting / notification on upgrade for init system switch?

2014-10-21 Thread Cameron Norman
just picky about who its friends are Thanks, -- Cameron Norman

Bug#765803: tech-ctte: Ask before changing init system when upgrading to jessie and Inform about init systems when installing jessie

2014-10-18 Thread Cameron Norman
to this is when you remove bash, and you get a loud warning at that point. Cheers, -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Bug#746578: Reasons to keep systemd-sysv as the first alternative

2014-09-18 Thread Cameron Norman
be simply an aesthetic issue, as systemd-shim does not impede operation of systemd as init. Best regards, -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Bug#746578: More systemd fallout :-/

2014-09-18 Thread Cameron Norman
+ systems). Cheers, -- Cameron Norman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CALZWFRJ7CJ=pdkr6xffc2gs-0zjp+czcb-ysomrp9lsep_y...@mail.gmail.com

Bug#741573: Two menu systems

2014-06-27 Thread Cameron Norman
be available in a particular format (e.g. 32x32 png) so that WMs do not have to handle so many corner cases in that area. Best, -- Cameron Norman

Bug#746715: the foreseeable outcome of the TC vote on init systems

2014-05-06 Thread Cameron Norman
is very stressful, and that is never good. I do not know your taste in music, but maybe you will like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNygDLi9gb4. Top of the day, -- Cameron Norman

Bug#746715: the foreseeable outcome of the TC vote on init systems

2014-05-06 Thread Cameron Norman
of your other message (that you would not be surprised if upstart support was removed) seems like it is. Would you mind clarifying a little? Thanks y buenos noches, -- Cameron Norman

Bug#746715: the foreseeable outcome of the TC vote on init systems

2014-05-02 Thread Cameron Norman
] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=712763 Best regards, -- Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: call for votes on default Linux init system for jessie

2014-02-08 Thread Cameron Norman
he presented the question to the TC (or am I mistaken?). -- Cameron

Bug#727708: I'd like to voice my opinion

2014-02-06 Thread Cameron Norman
with it. The same could be said of systemd, though (with GNOME and KDE instead of Pantheon and Cinnamon), though. Have a great day, Cameron

Bug#727708: Processed: block 726763 with 727708

2014-02-01 Thread Cameron Norman
function properly with no intervention. -- Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: Thoughts/Summary on the init-system

2014-01-19 Thread Cameron Norman
, -- Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: init system thoughts

2014-01-17 Thread Cameron Norman
start logind without GNOME starting. -- Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: Thoughts on Init System Debate

2014-01-17 Thread Cameron Norman
as Ubuntu continues using upstart. If you have the time, I must ask: if Upstart had no CLA, would you prefer it over systemd? -- Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: init system discussion status

2014-01-03 Thread Cameron Norman
will have a small, confined effect when doing so and should be allowed. Regards, Cameron

Bug#727708: upstart dependency handling

2014-01-02 Thread Cameron Norman
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: I wanted to lift this out of the thread it was buried in and see if I'm understanding it correctly, since if I am, it seems like a significant issue. Cameron Norman camerontnor...@gmail.com writes: I think you raise a lot

Bug#727708: init system discussion status

2014-01-02 Thread Cameron Norman
--debian-Z) to ensure that the daemon does not hang on sysv or systemd? Cheers, Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: loose ends for init system decision

2014-01-02 Thread Cameron Norman
explained how it has already happened. systemd's cgroup interface is covered under the stability promise, and seems like a good fit for a standard interface to the single cgroup arbitrator. Cameron

Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion

2014-01-01 Thread Cameron Norman
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 4:56 AM, Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 04:27:16AM -0008, cameron wrote: On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org inotify is used to notice changes to configuration files. This is certainly helpful for users

Bug#727708: init system thoughts

2014-01-01 Thread Cameron Norman
jobs, and Debian will most likely inherit that behavior if it uses Upstart. Happy New Year, Cameron Norman $ cat jobOne.conf start on (starting jobTwo and runlevel stop on runlevel [016]) stop on runlevel [016] respawn script exec /bin/sleep 60 end script $ cat jobTwo.conf start

Bug#727708: init system thoughts

2014-01-01 Thread Cameron Norman
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 5:09 PM, Nikolaus Rath nikol...@rath.org wrote: Cameron Norman camerontnor...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Nikolaus Rath nikol...@rath.org wrote: Colin Watson cjwat...@debian.org writes: The criticisms of Upstart's event model in the systemd

Bug#727708: init system thoughts

2013-12-31 Thread cameron
. Good night, Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion

2013-12-31 Thread cameron
was written to use it, and only recently did that change. I agree it was a poor design choice, and the systemd devs did not outright oppose it (as they should have IMO), but it was not technically systemd's fault. Best regards, Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: upstart and upgrading from sysvinit scripts

2013-12-31 Thread cameron
Steve, I am very sorry, I did not see the paragraph. I will familiarize myself with the debate system before contributing to it again. Happy New Years, Cameron Norman On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 01:54:17AM -0008, cameron

Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion [and 1 more messages]

2013-12-30 Thread cameron
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Tollef Fog Heen tfh...@err.no wrote: If this is not required by systemd, why is it done by sd_notify ? It's not. You obviously did not read the code. It is. Here is a G+ convo with Lennart I had: As a sender you only have to set SCM_CREDENTIALS

Bug#733452: Minimal code for systemd protocol

2013-12-30 Thread cameron
The documentation says what sd_notify() does, not what the minimum requirements are. The documentation should be clarified IMO, but Lennart does not seem to want to do so (even though he already typed up a paragraph about it on G+). On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Ian Jackson

Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion

2013-12-30 Thread cameron
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Russ Allbery r...@debian.org wrote: The latest that I have seen on this porting effort is here: http://blog.surgut.co.uk/2013/11/libnih-upstart-dependency-ported-to.html I asked previously on this bug if someone had later news. Do you have more information

Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion [and 1 more messages]

2013-12-30 Thread cameron
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Tollef Fog Heen tfh...@err.no wrote: ]] cameron On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Tollef Fog Heen tfh...@err.no wrote: If this is not required by systemd, why is it done by sd_notify ? It's not. You obviously did not read the code. It is. Here

Bug#727708: init system other points, and conclusion

2013-12-30 Thread cameron
are probably still lying around. We don't even necessarily have to choose between those up-front. Cheers, Cameron Norman

Bug#727708: init system thoughts

2013-12-30 Thread cameron
in launchpad asking for the per-job logs to be able to be shown by initctl (possibly via a --show-logs option)? In fact, I just did it: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1265123. (P.S. sorry for the sass, it is just so fun :) Nighty night, Cameron Norman

Re: Bug#733452: init system daemon readiness protocol

2013-12-29 Thread cameron
, it is used in one init system already, and it is very extensible. Now that you know that systemd does not actually use SOCK_SEQPACKET, but SOCK_DGRAM, do you have any changes in opinion of the systemd approach? Thank you for your time, Cameron Norman