On 2014-01-19 Andreas Barth <a...@ayous.org> wrote: [...] > On the linux ports, all would work. On the kbsd ports I believe that both > upstart and openrc could be working, but none is yet. For hurd, at least > openrc could and probably also upstart. > > Porting systemd to kbsd or hurd is not realistic from what I understood [...] > I don't believe that it would work long-term if we use systemd on Linux and > upstart on !Linux. [...] > All of that together boils down to these options for the default > pid1-provider / runlevel manager (perhaps after some more porting in this > cycle): > 1. Systemd on Linux, openrc/sysv-rc on non-Linux > 2. Upstart everywhere > (3. openrc/sysv-rc everywhere - as both systemd and upstart are > better, I don't think this ends high enough on my priority list; see > below for details) [...] > Now, putting that all together, from the options above "systemd for Linux, > openrc/sysv-rc for !linux" or "upstart everywhere" I prefer the upstart > choice. Reasons for this see many details above, supporting all the > required features, not as invasive in the debian system, saving us to > integrate more than one init system reasonably well etc. [...]
Hello, could you provide a little bit of background why you consider both "Systemd on Linux, openrc/sysv-rc on non-Linux" and "Upstart everywhere" viable long-term but not "systemd on Linux and upstart on !Linux"? thanks, cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ctte-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20140119181526.gj3...@downhill.g.la