On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Clint Byrum <cl...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback Scott! Appreciate you giving it a read. I know > there's a lot there. > > Yeah, got to #4 and totally hit TL;DR; but will R more later > > Although Upstart is used on on a number of different Operating > > Systems (including Ubuntu, Google's Chromium OS and Google's > > Chrome OS), the Ubuntu version is considered the "reference > > implementation". This is primarily due to the fact that > > Upstart was written specifically for Ubuntu (although this > > does not mean that it cannot run on any other Linux-based > > system). > > > > > > I'd disagree with this. Reference implementation always implies that > > other implementations should copy it as much as possible, and Ubuntu > > is no way that. As long as Ubuntu still uses a hybrid of Sys V and > > Upstart jobs, it can never be a reference implementation. > > > > > > It may be that you mean what the document corresponds to, in which > > case use a different term ;-) > > Good point. I would have to agree that the use of the term "reference > implementation" is incorrect. I don't know of a term that best describes > what it is succinctly. > > How about "The most complete implementation of the intended use of > Upstart." ? > > But again, Ubuntu isn't really using Upstart how it's intended. Chromium OS, WebOS and Maemo (mayitrestinpeace) are far closer because they got to start off from scratch. Scott
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