On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 02:20:39PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 07:34:13AM +0200, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote: > > Here is the challenge : imho service manager (a.k.a. maybe-GNU init) > > should be used to start / stop ppp links, mount devices, > > Nonononono! We have passive translators do to exactly that!
Passive translators are not at all answer to question of stopping services to release resources. Ok, 'service start floppy' and 'mount /mnt/floppy' might not be needed if /mnt/floppy will mount on demand (easy), even 'service start ppp' or 'pon' might be not needed if /dev/ppp0 will be started on demand (harded), but there is currently no alternative to 'umount' and 'poff' (connection paid-by-minute, remember ?) and service manager might really clean up things plus provide common interface. > The need for init scripts should be comparatively small on the Hurd. /etc/init.d/nfs and friends are prietty little part of all init scripts imho. > We don't want all the mess you find in Linux, and we don't need it. > Translator services are started up by demand. There are also non-translators services like all UNIX daemons, misc fixing scripts (like clock sync) etc. Also, general service manager wolud be much more useful if could run also on GNU/Linux.
