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- From: Tony Smith <tony AT smee.org>
- To: Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>, sm-grimoire <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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- Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:44:51 +0000
On Monday 24 November 2003 11:22 pm, Andrew wrote:
> > I know we just converted to simpleinit, but it's been marked dead[0], so
> > I found another init system which we may want to look into in the future
> > (it's not finished yet, IIRC). It's called SystemServices[1], and there's
> > an (short) article[2] about it on OSNews[3].
>
> Id rather not deal with a second init conversion. There were enough
> potential problems swapping once. There are still (i hear) some spells
> that havent had their init scripts converted yet. Of course thats just
> my opinion from a user perspective.
>
> I really like simpleinit, and I think that it works well with/for our
> system. Have we found any bugs with it? Has anyone found any bugs? That
> may have a lot to do with it not being updated for a year. Granted 2.6
> may present new challenges for init systems, but I dont think they will
> be insurmountable.
>
> SystemServices seems interesting, some ideas are vaguely reminicent of
> djb's daemontools. But it seems like just another wave to ride. I want
> something that works and thats stable.
>
> Also, simpleinit-msb is apparently GPL, which means we can fork it and
> improve it if need be. If the need arises in the future I'd be happy to
> assist in taking it under the smgl wing rather than dealing with yet
> another init conversion and watching my boxes pathetically update and
> lose all their services and customizations again.
>
> just my thoughts.
I agree.
T
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Robin Cook, 11/24/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?, Eric Sandall, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Jason Flatt, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Hamish Greig, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Jason Flatt, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Eric Sandall, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Hamish Greig, 11/24/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?, Andrew, 11/24/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?, Eric Sandall, 11/24/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?, Bearcat M. Sandor, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Hamish Greig, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Eric Sandall, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Jason Flatt, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Hamish Greig, 11/24/2003
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Re: [SM-Grimoire] New init system?,
Robin Cook, 11/24/2003
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