Re: Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-21 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Martin Read: 1. The init daemon should fork exactly once; in the child it should > exec another program, while the parent (PID 1) does nothing except > reap zombies. > 2. As (1), except that if the initially-forked child process exits, > PID 1 should repeat the fork and exec-in-child procedure.

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Jerry Stuckle writes: > On 11/16/2014 10:29 AM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: >> Jerry Stuckle writes: >>> So why, instead of spending all this time on a new init system didn't >>> developers already familiar with sysvinit work on it? Systemd wasn't >>> one person alone. >> >> Presumably nobody

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 16. 11. 2014 21:06:09 je Tanstaafl napisal(a): On 11/16/2014 6:40 AM, Klistvud wrote: > As a further example, the former udev (prior to being merged into > systemd) has already been forked and could/will serve us well for > years to come. And so on. Is eudev in the debian sources? Or do y

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/16/2014 10:29 AM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > Jerry Stuckle writes: >> The problem here is lack of time and/or skills. I would love to help, >> but I already have my plate full. Additionally, I've done device >> drivers and applications, but never dealt with init systems. There >>

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/16/2014 6:40 AM, Klistvud wrote: > As a further example, the former udev (prior to being merged into > systemd) has already been forked and could/will serve us well for > years to come. And so on. Is eudev in the debian sources? Or do you mean another fork? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 06:08:48PM +, Martin Read wrote: > On 16/11/14 17:33, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > >Are you aware that this is the approach that systemd and upstart have > >taken, right? > > > >1) Both systemd (PID1) and upstart are drop-in replacement for the good > >old SysVinit as the

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Erwan David
Le 16/11/2014 19:22, Patrick Bartek a écrit : > On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, Klistvud wrote: > >> Dne, 21. 10. 2014 04:06:23 je Marty napisal(a): >>> On 10/20/2014 03:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better a

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:08:48 +, Martin Read a écrit : > On 16/11/14 17:33, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > > Are you aware that this is the approach that systemd and upstart > > have taken, right? > > > > 1) Both systemd (PID1) and upstart are drop-in replacement for the > > good old SysVinit as

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sun, 16 Nov 2014, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 21. 10. 2014 04:06:23 je Marty napisal(a): > > On 10/20/2014 03:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to > >> systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't > >> be sysvinit. > > W

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 11/16/2014 at 12:33 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > Le Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:53:24 +, Nuno Magalhães > a écrit : > >> On 2014-11-16 11:40, Klistvud wrote: >> >>> 1. Reviving the existing init systems. Modernizing them, making >>> them into true, interchangeable drop-in replacements of eac

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Martin Read
On 16/11/14 17:33, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Are you aware that this is the approach that systemd and upstart have taken, right? 1) Both systemd (PID1) and upstart are drop-in replacement for the good old SysVinit as they both support the common "standard" that are LSB scripts (A really good sha

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Laurent Bigonville
Le Sun, 16 Nov 2014 13:53:24 +, Nuno Magalhães a écrit : > On 2014-11-16 11:40, Klistvud wrote: > > 1. Reviving the existing init systems. Modernizing them, making them > > into true, interchangeable drop-in replacements of each other, > > which do the task assigned, and do it well. Each of t

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Martin Read
On 16/11/14 11:40, Klistvud wrote: 1. Reviving the existing init systems. Modernizing them, making them into true, interchangeable drop-in replacements of each other, which do the task assigned, and do it well. Each of them accomplishing at least the common subset of tasks an init system is suppo

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Jerry Stuckle writes: > The problem here is lack of time and/or skills. I would love to help, > but I already have my plate full. Additionally, I've done device > drivers and applications, but never dealt with init systems. There > would be a big learning curve. And then there is the poli

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/16/2014 6:40 AM, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 21. 10. 2014 04:06:23 je Marty napisal(a): >> On 10/20/2014 03:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, >>> I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Why not?

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
Hi, Nuno Magalhães writes: > On 2014-11-16 11:40, Klistvud wrote: >> 1. Reviving the existing init systems. Modernizing them, making them >> into true, interchangeable drop-in replacements of each other, which do >> the task assigned, and do it well. Each of them accomplishing at least >> the com

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On 2014-11-16 11:40, Klistvud wrote: > 1. Reviving the existing init systems. Modernizing them, making them > into true, interchangeable drop-in replacements of each other, which do > the task assigned, and do it well. Each of them accomplishing at least > the common subset of tasks an init system

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Klistvud
Dne, 21. 10. 2014 04:06:23 je Marty napisal(a): On 10/20/2014 03:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. Why not? I do not see sysvinit -- or any other legacy init s

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/13/2014 3:42 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 13 nov 14, 11:28:57, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> Yes, apparently because someone actively sabotaged any possibility of >> OpenRC being considered by giving improper bad information on how to use >> it... > > OpenRC was "represented" by its Maintain

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-13 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 13 nov 14, 11:28:57, Tanstaafl wrote: > > Yes, apparently because someone actively sabotaged any possibility of > OpenRC being considered by giving improper bad information on how to use > it... OpenRC was "represented" by its Maintainer in the init debate (Thomas Goirand). Are you saying

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-13 Thread Tanstaafl
On 11/13/2014 10:53 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Saturday 08 November 2014 15:31:02 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: >> Andrei Popescu: >>> Quote from above, with added emphasis: >> >> Upstart was the only *real* contender to systemd *at the time* of >> >> the evaluation for the Technical Committ

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 08 November 2014 15:31:02 Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Andrei Popescu: > > Upstart was the only realcontender to systemd at the time of the > > > > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being > > replaced by systemd everywhere. > > Tanstaafl: > > And why was OP

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-08 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Andrei Popescu: Upstart was the only realcontender to systemd at the time of the > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being > replaced by systemd everywhere. Tanstaafl: And why was OPenRC not acontender? Jonathan de Boyne Pollard: Your question takes a falsehood as its

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-08 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Jonathan de Boyne Pollard: Contrastingly, the people who were propounding OpenRC at the time > provided a good example of how NOT to go about doing so. Their > several mistakes are worth learning from. Tanstaafl: Not sure I understand what you are saying here... > > Are you saying that some

Re: Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 24 oct 14, 09:49:46, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Andrei Popescu: > >Upstart was the only real contender to systemd at the time of the > > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being > > replaced by systemd everywhere. > > Tanstaafl: > >And why was OPenRC not a con

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-24 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/24/2014 4:49 AM, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote: > Tanstaafl: >> And why was OPenRC not a contender? > Your question takes a falsehood as its premise. It actually was, > contrary to what M. Popescu dismissively stated. Several members of the > technical committee took it and tried to

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-24 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/23/2014 4:10 PM, koanhead wrote: > I propose OpenRC, having recently tried it. So far I'm liking how it > works, and it solves most of the problems I had with sysvinit. It's not > a replacement for PID1, and is supposed to be compatible with arbitrary > PID1 programs (sysvinit, sytemd, runit

Re: Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-24 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Andrei Popescu: Upstart was the only real contender to systemd at the time of the > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being > replaced by systemd everywhere. Tanstaafl: And why was OPenRC not a contender? Your question takes a falsehood as its premise. It actually wa

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-23 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Thu, 23 Oct 2014, koanhead wrote: > On 10/20/2014 04:00 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to > > systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't > > be sysvinit. > > > > Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is after all 20 ye

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-23 Thread koanhead
On 10/20/2014 04:00 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is after all 20 years old. It's been > patched and bolted onto and jur

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-23 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:27:45AM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ok, let's start with: > - it's the rare desktop that has a fiber channel interface snip It's a rare server, too. Nearly all of our physical servers are VM hosts, onto which we fit around 100 VMs. Physical servers are at best <5% of

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 21:23, Rusi Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:20:05 PM UTC+5:30, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: Scott Ferguson wrote: > > Are you guys just having fun talking past each other? I can only speak for myself -

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 20:51, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:27:45AM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: >> Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> - when's the last time you saw a desktop or laptop with an IPMI BMC >> (or for that matter, had a BMC infected by a virus - not pretty) >> (note: if you don't kn

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 20:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Scott Ferguson wrote: Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of t

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 22/10/14 19:05, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:04:26 +1100 > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > >> >> P.S. I have been told that one major distro does (or is attempting to >> do) just that - separate into a 'server' and a 'desktop' distribution. >> >> > > What, like Windows? No. A Linux distro

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Martin Steigerwald wrote: Jimmy, I wrote to you off list, and you put my personal reply on the list. Please don�t do that. I mean personal replies as personal replies. I think I am not interested into digging into this topic further anyway. No problem and sorry as I did not realize you wher

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014, 12:34:16 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014, 11:37:51 schrieben Sie: > >>> Its Jessie/Sid that are under some circumstances difficult to use > >>> without > >>> systemd. As to my current knowledge one of the circumstan

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Ric Moore
On 10/22/2014 12:17 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2014, 19:49:43 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user desktop? Or something that fulfills both scenarios? And why? Just wondering. See above and unl

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014, 11:37:51 schrieben Sie: Its Jessie/Sid that are under some circumstances difficult to use without systemd. As to my current knowledge one of the circumstances is an installed GNOME desktop. I install using the Debian-Live-KDE-iso(another

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 22 oct 14, 08:44:02, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/21/2014 4:21 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Upstart was the only real contender to systemd at the time of the > > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being replaced > > by systemd everywhere. > > And why was OPenRC not a co

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Martin Steigerwald wrote: Hi Jimmy, Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014, 09:17:16 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2014, 19:49:43 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user desktop? Or something that fulfills both sc

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Jimmy, Am Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014, 09:17:16 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: > Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2014, 19:49:43 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: > >>> So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user desktop? > >>> Or something that fulfills both scenarios? And w

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is after all 20 years old. It's been patched and bolted onto and jury-rigged to get it to do things

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Jimmy Johnson
Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2014, 19:49:43 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user desktop? Or something that fulfills both scenarios? And why? Just wondering. See above and unless you are a tester or developer you may want

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Miles Fidelman
Peter Nieman wrote: On 21/10/14 21:08, Miles Fidelman wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:18:49 +0200 Raffaele Morelli wrote: Using systemd since 2014-08-09 with no issues. Good for you. Let's see if you have no issues 2016-08-09, if Red Hat wins its war against Linux. Not qui

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/21/2014 4:21 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Upstart was the only real contender to systemd at the time of the > evaluation by the Technical Committee, but it has or is being replaced > by systemd everywhere. And why was OPenRC not a contender? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Peter Nieman
On 21/10/14 21:08, Miles Fidelman wrote: Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:18:49 +0200 Raffaele Morelli wrote: Using systemd since 2014-08-09 with no issues. Good for you. Let's see if you have no issues 2016-08-09, if Red Hat wins its war against Linux. Not quite sure I'd go that f

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Rusi Mody
On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:20:05 PM UTC+5:30, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: > > On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: > >> Scott Ferguson wrote: > >>> Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. > >>> On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: > A

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 05:27:45AM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: > - when's the last time you saw a desktop or laptop with an IPMI BMC > (or for that matter, had a BMC infected by a virus - not pretty) > (note: if you don't know what BMC stands for, then go away and le

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Miles Fidelman
Scott Ferguson wrote: On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: Scott Ferguson wrote: Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-22 Thread Joe
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:04:26 +1100 Scott Ferguson wrote: > > P.S. I have been told that one major distro does (or is attempting to > do) just that - separate into a 'server' and a 'desktop' distribution. > > What, like Windows? I think that really is the point that is being made, that Window

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:41:21 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to > > > systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative?

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 21/10/14 15:10, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. >> >> On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, >>> I wonder... What is a better alternat

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to > > systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? > > * Nosh > * Runit > * Upstart > * S6 > * Probably more I don't know

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > [snip] > > > > So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user > > desktop? Or something that fulfills both scenarios? And why? > > > One of the difficulties is that there is no clear distin

Re: Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
Rob Owens: I'm not sure what is meant by "nobody has taken ownership of the > 'request for package' bug". If that's something that needs to be > done, tell me what is required and I'll see if I can do it. It is Debian bug #763499, for reference. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ.

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 oct 14, 15:38:46, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Ludovic Meyer wrote: > > >For example, spotify decided to switch to Ubuntu rather than keeping Debian, > >and > >if you look around, they are not the only ones. > > And you're attributing that to Debian dragging its feet on systemd? > > As I r

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Ludovic Meyer wrote: For example, spotify decided to switch to Ubuntu rather than keeping Debian, and if you look around, they are not the only ones. And you're attributing that to Debian dragging its feet on systemd? As I recall, the explicit reason Ubuntu finally decided to adopt systemd w

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:18:49 +0200 Raffaele Morelli wrote: Here are some interesting things one should be aware of before http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html We've all read that. My favorite Poettering manifesto is the one where he talks of systemd subsum

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Jonathan Dowland" > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:00:21AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > > I'm not sure what is meant by "nobody has taken ownership of the 'request > > for > > package' bug". If that's something that needs to be done, tell me what is > > required

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:02:38AM -0700, Rusi Mody wrote: > There are other choices to > - do nothing as weve done for 20 years > - do it now > > In particular, one can take a holistic view: not just Stable -> Jessie, > but rather Stable -> Jessie -> Jessie+1 > > and work out the least disrupt

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread John Hasler
Steve Litt writes: > Let's say that, in six months from now, Debian's uselessd package is > ready for prime time. Would there be any reason some enterprising > person couldn't simply copy it to another repository (hopefully a > trusted one), so that people could add that repository and thus > insta

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 02:46:46AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:17 +0200 > Ludovic Meyer wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:34:48PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 > > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > > > After much vitriolic gnash

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:18:49 +0200 Raffaele Morelli wrote: > Here are some interesting things one should be aware of before > http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html We've all read that. My favorite Poettering manifesto is the one where he talks of systemd subsuming packaging sy

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
You guys can count on me to help testing uselessd in Debian/Ubuntu! I would like to participate. On 21 October 2014 16:02, Steve Litt wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:11:32 +0100 > Jonathan Dowland wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Please do not top-post. > > > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 05:27:34AM -0200,

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread golinux
On Tue, 10/21/14, Steve Litt wrote: Subject: Re: If Not Systemd, then What? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 1:02 PM On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:11:32 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: Hi, On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 05:27:34AM -0200, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: >

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:11:32 +0100 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > Hi, > > Please do not top-post. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 05:27:34AM -0200, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > > If uselessd provides ONLY a new init, based on CGroups and lots of > > cool ideas from systemd itself, then, it worth trying it!

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/21/2014 01:03 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2014, 19:49:43 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user desktop? Or something that fulfills both scenarios? And why? Just wondering. See above and unless you are a tester or d

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:00:21AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I'm not sure what is meant by "nobody has taken ownership of the 'request for > package' bug". If that's something that needs to be done, tell me what is > required and I'll see if I can do it. There is a bug, it's currently a "request

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Curt
On 2014-10-20, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, Oh shit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.or

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Rob Owens
- Original Message - > From: "Jonathan Dowland" > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 05:27:34AM -0200, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > > If uselessd provides ONLY a new init, based on CGroups and lots of > > cool ideas from systemd itself, then, it worth trying it! Just for > > fun... > > I think it's an i

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:17 +0200 Ludovic Meyer wrote: * Upstart no longer developped, and suffer from several bugs, go read the tech-ctte debate. I read it, and if Upstart problems were the most distressing thing in that debate, I'd be a happy man. If Upstart is no long

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/20/2014 10:36 PM, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > 1- Fork udev (out from systemd's tree or before it got merged / engulfed); Maybe Gentoo's eudev would be a good place to start with that. I also don't see why OpenRC isn't on the list of obvious choices. It is the default in Gentoo and has been fo

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/20/2014 3:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is after all 20 years old. It's been > patched and bolted onto and jur

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Raffaele Morelli
On 21/10/14 at 09:41am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:18:49AM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > Here are some interesting things one should be aware of before > > http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html > > > > Read enough about but still haven't read someth

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Hi Raffaele, Am Dienstag, 21. Oktober 2014, 10:18:49 schrieb Raffaele Morelli: > Here are some interesting things one should be aware of before > http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html > > Read enough about but still haven't read something really valuable against > systemd from e

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 21 oct 14, 00:10:27, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Um, yes, there is. Typically different hardware (headless for starters), > storage area networks, clusters, high availability, as well as different > role, and so forth. I have a Raspberry Pi serving my domain (DNS + WWW). As far as I'm conc

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 10:18:49AM +0200, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > Here are some interesting things one should be aware of before > http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html > > Read enough about but still haven't read something really valuable against > systemd from eg. Torvalds, E

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Raffaele Morelli
Here are some interesting things one should be aware of before http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html Read enough about but still haven't read something really valuable against systemd from eg. Torvalds, Eric Steven Raymond, etc... (if you do, post the link) I believe the main

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
Hi, Please do not top-post. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 05:27:34AM -0200, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > If uselessd provides ONLY a new init, based on CGroups and lots of > cool ideas from systemd itself, then, it worth trying it! Just for > fun... I think it's an interesting project and I might contrib

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Montag, 20. Oktober 2014, 19:49:43 schrieb Jimmy Johnson: > > So, what would you all propose? For a server? Or for a user desktop? > > Or something that fulfills both scenarios? And why? > > > > Just wondering. > > See above and unless you are a tester or developer you may want to > roll-b

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
That's true... Can't wait to try it! If uselessd provides ONLY a new init, based on CGroups and lots of cool ideas from systemd itself, then, it worth trying it! Just for fun... Systemd will be still around, acting only as udev, I know... But, then, it will be more easy to live without it. If th

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Rusi Mody
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 12:00:01 PM UTC+5:30, Ludovic Meyer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:34:48PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > > > I wonder... What

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:36:52AM -0200, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > 2- Start testing uselessd; You missed 'package uselessd' for Debian - not yet done. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:17 +0200 Ludovic Meyer wrote: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:34:48PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 > > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to > > > systemd, I wonder... What is a bet

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:34:48PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > > I wonder... What is a better alternative? > > * Nosh So this one is fun, it is just a direc

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Miles Fidelman
Scott Ferguson wrote: Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. Yes. Syvinit still wor

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 10/20/2014 12:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. sysvinit will do just fine until other init-systems can be developed and installed from the repos. Yes.

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Martinx - ジェームズ
1- Fork udev (out from systemd's tree or before it got merged / engulfed); 2- Start testing uselessd; 3- Remove systemd from Debian sources, since it is uselessd now lol ; I vote for upstart too (instead of uselessd), since I'm using without any problems (and it is not trying to take over the wor

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Marty
On 10/20/2014 03:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. One that doesn't divide the FOSS world. We have enough challenges without that. Yes. Syvinit still works

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Lee Winter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is after all 20 years old. It's been > patched and bolted on

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > I wonder... What is a better alternative? * Nosh * Runit * Upstart * S6 * Probably more I don't know about. > And it can't be sysvinit. > > Yes. Syvinit still

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-20 Thread Scott Ferguson
Good question Patrick - top posted as I'm referring to the Subject. On 21/10/14 06:45, Patrick Bartek wrote: > After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, > I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Yes. Syvinit still works, but it is aft