Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
On 06/10/2015 03:02 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: You make some good points Jóhann. It probably does make sense to focus (at least at first) on managing timer units shipped alongside services as opposed to trying to develop a UI for managing arbitrary timer units. I'll discuss this with some of

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 13:21 +, > > On 06/10/2015 12:30 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > > > > A good overview of what we're aiming to accomplish can be found > > here: h > > ttps://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/wiki/Feature:-Systemd > > -timers#stories > > > > Though at the end of the d

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
On 06/10/2015 12:30 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: A good overview of what we're aiming to accomplish can be found here: h ttps://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/wiki/Feature:-Systemd -timers#stories Though at the end of the day, it might be fair to say that systemd timers are cool and very

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Lennart Poettering
B1;4002;0cOn Wed, 10.06.15 13:25, Simon McVittie (simon.mcvit...@collabora.co.uk) wrote: > On 10/06/15 11:46, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > > I hate to say this since I'm against litter unit files across the entire > > filesystem like infective disease and administrator then have to run > > ar

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 10:46 +, > > On 06/09/2015 10:21 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > > On Tue, 09.06.15 19:33, Jakub Skořepa (ja...@skorepa.info) wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > My name is Jakub Skořepa and I'm working on Cockpit UI for > > > Systemd > > > Timers. > > > > > > For that I ne

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Simon McVittie
On 10/06/15 11:46, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > I hate to say this since I'm against litter unit files across the entire > filesystem like infective disease and administrator then have to run > around trying to chase them down but is it not better to store this > under /srv somewhere [1], not e

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-10 Thread Jóhann B. Guðmundsson
On 06/09/2015 10:21 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote: On Tue, 09.06.15 19:33, Jakub Skořepa (ja...@skorepa.info) wrote: Hello, My name is Jakub Skořepa and I'm working on Cockpit UI for Systemd Timers. For that I need to create and modify systemd unit files. Cockpit uses D -Bus for everything so

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-09 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 09.06.15 14:47, Stephen Gallagher (sgall...@redhat.com) wrote: > In order for ModifyUnit() to work, there also needs to be a way to > retrieve the current definition of the unit on the system. (And, > ideally, a way to retrieve this for any unit currently loaded into > systemd). "systemct

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-09 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 09.06.15 19:33, Jakub Skořepa (ja...@skorepa.info) wrote: > Hello, > My name is Jakub Skořepa and I'm working on Cockpit UI for Systemd > Timers. > > For that I need to create and modify systemd unit files. Cockpit uses D > -Bus for everything so I need D-Bus API for that. I think that it

Re: [systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-09 Thread Stephen Gallagher
On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 19:33 +0200, Jakub Skořepa wrote: > Hello, > My name is Jakub Skořepa and I'm working on Cockpit UI for Systemd > Timers. > > For that I need to create and modify systemd unit files. Cockpit uses > D > -Bus for everything so I need D-Bus API for that. I think that it > woul

[systemd-devel] Creating units using D-Bus

2015-06-09 Thread Jakub Skořepa
Hello, My name is Jakub Skořepa and I'm working on Cockpit UI for Systemd Timers. For that I need to create and modify systemd unit files. Cockpit uses D -Bus for everything so I need D-Bus API for that. I think that it would be beneficial if systemd was able to create unit files on-the-fly using