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[Jeremy Blosser <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org>]

On Apr 09, Jeffrey 'jf' Lim [jfs.world AT gmail.com] wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Jeremy Blosser <jblosser-smgl AT firinn.org> wrote:
> > On Apr 08, Elisamuel Resto [ryuji AT mages.ath.cx] wrote:
> > > Hello list,
> > >
> > >    A while back I remember somebody talking about working on getting
> > > upstart in smgl, but I have not heard anything about it since then, and
> > > that was months ago. I'm wondering if there's any other solution to
> > > simpleinit that we can use in Source Mage...
> >
> > Right now it's really just waiting for someone to actually go implement
> > another init.  Make an alternate init spell and some init scripts it 
> > needs,
> > cast it, dispel simpleinit.  Get a few of those available, get init
> > handling out of sorcery so it's not hardcoded to simpleinit, etc.
> >
> 
> sorry mate, but i dont think it's going to be as simple as that. You
> will still need to link all your applications against libupstart if u
> want to be able to handle generating (and responding to?) events....
> It's going to represent quite a major change.

I'm talking in general terms; the "another init" conversation has been
going on for a very long time.

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