Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-18 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 08:54:16PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:34:47PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 02:56:20PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Given all the talk about not being able to influence

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:29:24PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: As much as I dislike systemd, I'm not sure that it's a vendor conspiracy to control the Linux

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 08:29:28PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/16/2014 03:32 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Marty wrote: snip My point is that in a modular design nothing should be so entrenched as to be irreplaceable. Absence of an alternate should

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 04:09:52PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/16/2014 at 02:51 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:28:35PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: [about the Linux kernel developers] They do, however, maintain their external interfaces - rigidly so, sometimes

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 08:44:06AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: One thing at a time. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 1:23 AM, Ludovic Meyer ludo.v.me...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Your definition of mainstream is strange. What's strange about it? Do I need to provide a link to the dictionary for you

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 02:56:20PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Given all the talk about not being able to influence upstream, it occurred to me to actually take a look at which of the major applications I rely on actually come with native systemd service scripts. I just went through the

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:41:14AM +0300, Reco wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 07:15:38PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:29:24PM +0300, Reco wrote: Hi. On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 03:48:34PM +0100, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-17 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 06:34:47PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 02:56:20PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Given all the talk about not being able to influence upstream, it occurred to me to actually take a look at which of the major applications I

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:25:01PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/15/2014 07:45 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 09:41:23PM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Marty wrote: On 11/15/2014 07:45 PM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 09:43:23PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: I have been informed off-list that some might misinterpret something I wrote here, so I will attempt to clarify a few things. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Joel Rees joel.r...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM,

Re: init scripts [was: If Not Systemd, then What?]

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 11:50:25AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Given all the talk about not being able to influence upstream, it occurred to me to actually take a look at which of the major applications I rely on actually come with native systemd service scripts. I just went through the

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 06:08:48PM +, Martin Read wrote: On 16/11/14 17:33, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Are you aware that this is the approach that systemd and upstart have taken, right? 1) Both systemd (PID1) and upstart are drop-in replacement for the good old SysVinit as they both

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:28:35PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote: On 11/16/2014 at 11:23 AM, Ludovic Meyer wrote: On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 09:43:23PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: I have been informed off-list that some might misinterpret something I wrote here, so I will attempt to clarify a few

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-16 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 01:05:08PM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/16/2014 05:26 AM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: Le Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:21:49 -0500, Marty mar...@ix.netcom.com a écrit : On 11/15/2014 06:49 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: [...] At least some of people rejecting systemd demand that it

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:26:26AM -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 02:16 PM, Brian wrote: On Tue 11 Nov 2014 at 12:36:14 -0500, Marty wrote: On 11/11/2014 12:07 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: There are no functional differences between an installation with sysvinit-core out of the box or

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 11:37:14AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same token systemd is a major waste with no real gain. It duplicates equivalent modular alternatives, and

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 10:05:49PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: Le 15/11/2014 20:24, Brian a écrit : On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 11:37:14 -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote: Brian wrote: On Sat 15 Nov 2014 at 13:49:18 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:04:00, Marty wrote: By the same

Re: engineering management practices and systemd (Re: Installing an Alternative Init?)

2014-11-15 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 03:43:40PM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/15/2014 7:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: On Vi, 14 nov 14, 08:55:47, Tanstaafl wrote: On 11/14/2014 5:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU andreimpope...@gmail.com wrote: It was claimed that sysvinit was the default

Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems

2014-10-21 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 04:49:48PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote: On 10/20/2014 02:35 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: If you mean you are actually DOSing Debian's support channels just to make you're point that's likely to get you banned instead, besides not achieving anything. ~OR!~ List archives

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:34:48PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com wrote: After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, I wonder... What is a better alternative? * Nosh So this one is fun, it is

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 02:46:46AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:12:17 +0200 Ludovic Meyer ludo.v.me...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 09:34:48PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:45:11 -0700 Patrick Bartek nemomm...@gmail.com wrote

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-10-21 Thread Ludovic Meyer
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:02:38AM -0700, Rusi Mody wrote: There are other choices to - do nothing as weve done for 20 years - do it now In particular, one can take a holistic view: not just Stable - Jessie, but rather Stable - Jessie - Jessie+1 and work out the least disruptive, most