Re: [systemd-devel] Talks comparing systemd and launchd.

2014-03-06 Thread David Timothy Strauss
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:57 PM, David Farning wrote: > Now my philosophical sticking point is how big pid1 should be to do > what it needs to do. Practically, I am trying to understand where > those boundaries should be and how to communicate that information. A large amount of systemd's code doe

Re: [systemd-devel] Talks comparing systemd and launchd.

2014-03-06 Thread David Farning
Sorry if it seems that I was criticizing systemd's use of ideas from other projects. That was not my intent. I respect the reuse of proven good ideas. I am trying to get my mind wrapped around how all the the ideas came together. Now my philosophical sticking point is how big pid1 should be to do

Re: [systemd-devel] Talks comparing systemd and launchd.

2014-03-06 Thread David Timothy Strauss
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:47 PM, David Farning wrote: > Several of the ground breaking ideas in systemd seem to come directly from > launchd. systemd makes no claim to be original or ground-breaking with many of its ideas. As you mention, some come from launchd. Others come from Solaris service ma

[systemd-devel] Talks comparing systemd and launchd.

2014-03-03 Thread David Farning
Is anyone aware of any talks comparing systemd and launchd? Several of the ground breaking ideas in systemd seem to come directly from launchd. It would be interesting to hear about about why some ideas were used and others were left behind. I am not trying to second guess... just understand the d