Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/22/2014 10:10 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Lu, 10 nov 14, 18:20:37, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 23 November 2014 17:23:15 Tanstaafl wrote: 'installing systemd, then removing and installing sysvinit' - was absolutely not and never could be considered the *equivalent* of doing a *clean install with sysvinit*, where systemd is never installed in the first place. The

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 23 nov 14, 12:23:15, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/22/2014 10:10 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: You made a claim that installing systemd would pull in other packages vie dependencies, that are later difficult to remove. Incorrect. I never made that claim. Methinks

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 12:43 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2014 17:23:15 Tanstaafl wrote: 'installing systemd, then removing and installing sysvinit' - was absolutely not and never could be considered the *equivalent* of doing a *clean install with sysvinit*,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 13:27:55 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 12:43 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2014 17:23:15 Tanstaafl wrote: 'installing systemd, then removing and installing sysvinit' - was absolutely not and never could be considered the

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Erwan David
Le 23/11/2014 20:09, Brian a écrit : On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 13:27:55 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 12:43 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2014 17:23:15 Tanstaafl wrote: 'installing systemd, then removing and installing sysvinit' - was absolutely not and

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/23/2014 2:09 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: It would be nice if you regarded the word functionally as an essential qualification of equivalent or identical and not dismiss it. What would be nice is if you (and others) would stop claiming that 'installing systemd, then installing

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 14:15:17 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 2:09 PM, Brian a...@cityscape.co.uk wrote: It would be nice if you regarded the word functionally as an essential qualification of equivalent or identical and not dismiss it. What would be nice is if you (and others)

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Brian
On Sun 23 Nov 2014 at 20:13:06 +0100, Erwan David wrote: Le 23/11/2014 20:09, Brian a écrit : It would be nice if you regarded the word functionally as an essential qualification of equivalent or identical and not dismiss it. If functionnally is the only criteria, then its time to flee.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Sunday 23 November 2014 18:27:55 Tanstaafl wrote: Ignorance reigns supreme. Lisi - they are purely and simply *not* equivalents, and never can be. They _are_ equivalent. They are not the same. Try your dictionary rather than gratuitously accusing me of ignorance because I don't agree

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 1:27 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/23/2014 12:43 PM, Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2014 17:23:15 Tanstaafl wrote: 'installing systemd, then removing and installing sysvinit' - was absolutely not and never could be considered the *equivalent* of

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 nov 14, 18:20:37, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 23/11/14 02:10, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 10 nov 14, 18:20:37, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for running the installer in such a way that systemd is never installed, thus avoiding any potential problems that might result from later

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-18 Thread Reco
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 01:01:47AM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:41:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 07:15:38PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:29:24PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 10:14:17PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 22:53:36, Joel Rees wrote: If you can't deal with it, snip it? I don't think it brings anything useful to a discussion on -user.

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:00:52PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: On 11/15/2014 08:35 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: At the same time, most debian users likely do not really care about transition plan and systemd. It was widely published everywhere in March and yet, no one would have cared if this

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-17 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: As much as I dislike systemd, I'm not sure that it's a vendor conspiracy to control the Linux ecosystem. Yes, redhat pays Lennart Poettering's salary (among

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:29:24PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: As much as I dislike systemd, I'm not sure that it's a vendor conspiracy to control the Linux

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 08:29:28PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/16/2014 03:32 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Marty wrote: snip My point is that in a modular design nothing should be so entrenched as to be irreplaceable. Absence of an alternate should not

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Erwan David
Le 16/11/2014 02:13, Ludovic Meyer a écrit : On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 10:05:49PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: Le 15/11/2014 20:24, Brian a écrit : On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 11:37:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 04:09:52PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/16/2014 at 02:51 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:28:35PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: [about the Linux kernel developers] They do, however, maintain their external interfaces - rigidly so, sometimes

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-17 Thread Reco
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 07:15:38PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:29:24PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: As much as I dislike systemd, I'm

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 08:44:06AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: One thing at a time. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Ludovic Meyer ludo.v.me...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Your definition of mainstream is strange. What's strange about it? Do I need to provide a link to the dictionary for you

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:41:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 07:15:38PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:29:24PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500,

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Marty
On 11/17/2014 01:54 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 08:29:28PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/16/2014 03:32 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Marty wrote: snip My point is that in a modular design nothing should be so entrenched as to be

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:21:49 -0500, Marty mar...@ix.netcom.com a écrit : On 11/15/2014 06:49 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] At least some of people rejecting systemd demand that it be removed completely, including libsystemd. How is it pro-choice to forbid me from being able to use a

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 19:31:27 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/15/2014 at 07:21 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: Yet another topic: It should be possible to install systemd on a system that already has some other init system installed on it. This should be tested, but how? If I understand

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Brian
On Sun 16 Nov 2014 at 00:23:24 +, Martin Read wrote: On 15/11/14 23:04, Paul E Condon wrote: If one could absolutely rely on apt-get always getting it right, then apt-get install -y sysvinit-core could always be used to remove systemd even from a system that has been booted into

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Joel Rees
I have been informed off-list that some might misinterpret something I wrote here, so I will attempt to clarify a few things. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/12/2014 5:18 PM,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/16/2014 at 05:58 AM, Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 19:31:27 -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/15/2014 at 07:21 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: Yet another topic: It should be possible to install systemd on a system that already has some other init system installed on it. This should

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 15 nov 14, 21:25:01, Marty wrote: I don't think Debian (or FOSS, for that matter) was ever about a winner-take-all approach to software choice. That seems to have originated in the commercial distributions, which have a financial interest in a) controlling users and b) controlling

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 15 nov 14, 17:21:22, Paul E Condon wrote: Another topic: My reading of the man page for apt-get seems to say that there is no way to purge the configuration file of packages that were pulled in to satisfy a dependency and subsequently autoremoved. I hope this is an artifact of poor

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 16 nov 14, 15:32:58, Andrei POPESCU wrote: My mental image about Debian and FOSS is more of an eco-systemd, where ^^ survival of the fittest applies. That typo is just too funny :p Kind regards, Andrei --

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 15 nov 14, 11:37:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: For some (many?) of us, systemd represents no gain, and significant operational impact (time required to deal with changes). Have you considered, just for a fraction of a second, that a migration to systemd, however painful it may prove,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:25:01PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/15/2014 07:45 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Marty wrote: On 11/15/2014 07:45 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM,

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 15 nov 14, 11:37:14, Miles Fidelman wrote: For some (many?) of us, systemd represents no gain, and significant operational impact (time required to deal with changes). Have you considered, just for a fraction of a second, that a migration to systemd, however

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 16 nov 14, 10:18:24, Miles Fidelman wrote: Let me also turn the question back at you: Have you considered, just for a fraction of a second, that a migration to systemd, could, in fact, make some systems LESS reliable and understandable? Sure I did. systemd is not bug-free and it's

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 09:43:23PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: I have been informed off-list that some might misinterpret something I wrote here, so I will attempt to clarify a few things. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM,

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Miles Fidelman
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Du, 16 nov 14, 10:18:24, Miles Fidelman wrote: Let me also turn the question back at you: Have you considered, just for a fraction of a second, that a migration to systemd, could, in fact, make some systems LESS reliable and understandable? Sure I did. systemd is not

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/15/2014 08:35 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: At the same time, most debian users likely do not really care about transition plan and systemd. It was widely published everywhere in March and yet, no one would have cared if this mattered ? I installed systemd to Jessie as soon as it was

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Marty
On 11/16/2014 05:26 AM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Le Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:21:49 -0500, Marty mar...@ix.netcom.com a écrit : On 11/15/2014 06:49 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] At least some of people rejecting systemd demand that it be removed completely, including libsystemd. How is it

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/16/2014 at 11:23 AM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 09:43:23PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: I have been informed off-list that some might misinterpret something I wrote here, so I will attempt to clarify a few things. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Joel Rees

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:28:35PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/16/2014 at 11:23 AM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 09:43:23PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: I have been informed off-list that some might misinterpret something I wrote here, so I will attempt to clarify a few

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/16/2014 05:26 AM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Le Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:21:49 -0500, Marty mar...@ix.netcom.com a écrit : On 11/15/2014 06:49 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] At least some of people rejecting systemd demand that it

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/16/2014 at 02:51 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:28:35PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: [about the Linux kernel developers] They do, however, maintain their external interfaces - rigidly so, sometimes to what others might call the point of insanity. An intentionally

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Joel Rees
One thing at a time. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Ludovic Meyer ludo.v.me...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Your definition of mainstream is strange. What's strange about it? Do I need to provide a link to the dictionary for you for that? I assume not. Given a community, there is a mainstream

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Marty
On 11/16/2014 03:32 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Marty wrote: snip My point is that in a modular design nothing should be so entrenched as to be irreplaceable. Absence of an alternate should not normally indicate impossibility of an alternate, but some

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 nov 14, 07:55:23, Miles Fidelman wrote: Note that there seems to be an ongoing issue with whether or not the installer will issue a warning before a package dependency leads to an automatic change to systemd. See bugs 765803 and 762194. installer usually means Debian

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 nov 14, 13:27:22, Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: And all this says nothing about big servers, which need some magnitudes more of reliability, stability and scaling. E.g. not using plain text files for logs causes problems in the long run and in daily work. The default setting for

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: On 11/14/2014 05:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: snip Jumping in here as myself, not Joel's tag-team member. :) Debian as an entity doesn't really do much. There are only one or several volunteers who

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 nov 14, 22:53:36, Joel Rees wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: [...] [snip another wall of text about engineering principles] And, thus, once again, The engineering question

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ron
On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 13:49:18 +0200 Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: In my opinion the best defence against a monopoly[1] of any kind is to develop competitive alternatives. We have seen how well that worked with MS Windows over the years... Cheers, Ron. --

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular alternatives, and also requires unnecessary effort to repair damage from excessive

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:55:47, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: It was claimed that sysvinit was the default *and only* (emphasis not mine) init, and therefore no selection was needed, but now that there are several a selection suddenly

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Joel Rees
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: [(clipping too much, I now realize)] The transition plan[5] has been posted on -devel since July with no objections. [5] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/07/msg00611.html My impression is that

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Joel Rees
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 22:53:36, Joel Rees wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: [...] [snip another wall of text about

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
On 15-11-2014 14:17, Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular alternatives, and also requires unnecessary effort to repair

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 15 nov 14, 22:05:58, Joel Rees wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: [(clipping too much, I now realize)] The transition plan[5] has been posted on -devel since July with no objections. [5]

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 15:22:06 +0200, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: On 15-11-2014 14:17, Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Joel Rees
2014/11/15 22:57 Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com: On Sb, 15 nov 14, 22:05:58, Joel Rees wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: [(clipping too much, I now realize)] The transition plan[5] has been posted on -devel since July with

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 07:55:23, Miles Fidelman wrote: Note that there seems to be an ongoing issue with whether or not the installer will issue a warning before a package dependency leads to an automatic change to systemd. See bugs 765803 and 762194. installer

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular alternatives, and also requires unnecessary effort to repair damage from excessive

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
On 15-11-2014 16:59, Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 15:22:06 +0200, Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: On 15-11-2014 14:17, Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 11:37:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular alternatives, and

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/15/2014 7:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:55:47, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: It was claimed that sysvinit was the default *and only* (emphasis not mine) init, and therefore no selection

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Erwan David
Le 15/11/2014 20:24, Brian a écrit : On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 11:37:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 11:37:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2014_0733-0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 02:02:07 +0100, Michael Biebl wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 01:58 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Michael Biebl wrote: Sorry, but that is not what I asked for. I asked for specifics. Your answer doesn't contain any

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 19:24:49 +, Brian wrote: Upgrading - After changing sources.list and an 'apt-get update' do apt-get install sysvinit-core systemd-shim Then proceed with an upgrade and dist-upgrade. New Install --- Use the apt-get command

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2014_1200-0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/11/2014 11:38 AM, The Wanderer wande...@fastmail.fm wrote: Other people subscribe to a meaning of default which, e.g., assumes only that systemd will get installed as PID 1 unless some action is taken to prevent it from getting so installed.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/15/2014 at 06:37 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: I suggest that the word 'default' not be used any more in this discussion. It serves only to obfuscate the nature of the problem. The word default is used in the discussion because the initial decision made by the Debian project in regard to this

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Paul E Condon
On 2014_1807+0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Le Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:42:33 -0500, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org a écrit : On 11/10/2014 6:18 PM, Michael Biebl bi...@debian.org wrote: Am 11.11.2014 um 00:14 schrieb Miles Fidelman: Ok, then explain to me the procedure for

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Martin Read
On 15/11/14 23:04, Paul E Condon wrote: If one could absolutely rely on apt-get always getting it right, then apt-get install -y sysvinit-core could always be used to remove systemd even from a system that has been booted into systemd and running, and not just in the context of a pre-seed.

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Martin Read
On 16/11/14 00:21, Paul E Condon wrote: It should be possible to install systemd on a system that already has some other init system installed on it. This should be tested, but how? The obvious way is to upgrade a wheezy system, following the upgrade to jessie while keeping sysvinit as the

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/15/2014 at 07:21 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: On 2014_1807+0100, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or an install where sysvinit-core is installed later, this is a fact. Theory tells us this should

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 11:37:14AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular alternatives, and

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 10:05:49PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: Le 15/11/2014 20:24, Brian a écrit : On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 11:37:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Marty
On 11/15/2014 06:49 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: On 11/14/2014 05:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: snip Jumping in here as myself, not Joel's tag-team member. :) Debian as an entity doesn't really do much. There

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 03:43:40PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/15/2014 7:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:55:47, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: It was claimed that sysvinit was the default

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Marty
On 11/15/2014 07:45 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Miles Fidelman
Marty wrote: On 11/15/2014 07:45 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/12/2014 5:18 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mi, 12 nov 14, 15:43:09, Tanstaafl wrote: Sounds good to me, but in reality, since the default

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis
On 14-11-2014 12:26, Andrei POPESCU wrote: snip However, you and several others are rejecting systemd on ideological grounds. There's not much that can be done about that, short or re-implementing systemd according to your vision. I personally reject the design of systemd. To paraphrase

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Dan
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org wrote: On 11/12/2014 5:18 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Mi, 12 nov 14,

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-14 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 13.11.2014 um 21:49 schrieb Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com: On Jo, 13 nov 14, 10:49:44, Amodelo wrote: Sorry, used the wrong account for answering previously. I am also not interested in testing an ugly work-around (install unwanted A, replace it by B). My servers seem to

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Am 14.11.2014 um 11:26 schrieb Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com: Again, I can't comment on Fedora, but my Raspberry Pi runs systemd just fine. Also my laptop running is quite far from being a speed monster. On my two Raspberries I do not care. On a laptop it depends on your usage

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: Am 13.11.2014 um 21:49 schrieb Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com: On Jo, 13 nov 14, 10:49:44, Amodelo wrote: Sorry, used the wrong account for answering previously. I am also not interested in testing an ugly work-around (install unwanted A, replace it by

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Miles Fidelman
Dimitrios Chr. Ioannidis wrote: On 14-11-2014 12:26, Andrei POPESCU wrote: snip However, you and several others are rejecting systemd on ideological grounds. There's not much that can be done about that, short or re-implementing systemd according to your vision. I personally reject the

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Marty
On 11/14/2014 05:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: snip Jumping in here as myself, not Joel's tag-team member. :) Debian as an entity doesn't really do much. There are only one or several volunteers who start doing things. Setting up a separate port

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 14 November 2014 11:42:32 Dan wrote: Do you remember the Gnome/KDE war? Now we have two great desktop. Let's not impose by law an init system. Yes, but Gnome is the default and you have to be an advanced user to get KDE. And anyway, some of us want neither and have to go to even

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:26:09 +0200, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com a écrit : On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: [...] So Fedora is not, itself, really ready yet, except for two groups, a certain group of workstation users who want and are willing to use fairly new,

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 14 November 2014 12:27:22 Helmut Wollmersdorfer wrote: Am 14.11.2014 um 11:26 schrieb Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com: Again, I can't comment on Fedora, but my Raspberry Pi runs systemd just fine. Also my laptop running is quite far from being a speed monster. On my two

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:59:11, Joel Rees wrote: [...] [snip another wall of text about engineering principles] And, thus, once again, The engineering question keeps getting sidetracked by people who assert that

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Ron
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:10:22 + Lisi Reisz lisi.re...@gmail.com wrote: Do you remember the Gnome/KDE war? Now we have two great desktop. Let's not impose by law an init system. Yes, but Gnome is the default and you have to be an advanced user to get KDE. Not really, you just have

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: It was claimed that sysvinit was the default *and only* (emphasis not mine) init, and therefore no selection was needed, but now that there are several a selection suddenly is needed. I don't recall claiming that sysvinit

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-14 Thread Joel Rees
2014/11/14 23:12 Tanstaafl tansta...@libertytrek.org: On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: It was claimed that sysvinit was the default *and only* (emphasis not mine) init, and therefore no selection was needed, but now that there are several a selection

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-13 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 04:54:46PM -0800, Jyri J. Virkki wrote: Clearly something is wrong with the procedures if it is possible for only four people to so drastically change the course of debian, against the wishes of so many. You're able to count the 4; you aren't able to count the many. And

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