On Dec 21, 2010, at 1:35 AM, Tom Metro wrote: > >> ...systemd...is based on launchd concepts and has even expanded on >> many of them. > > Ubuntu's Upstart is event-based as well. It is a core feature:
True enough, okay, Linux has event-based service startup... but... both seem to be stuck in the sysvinit world. They're both replacements for init... and that's the philosophical anchor: they're seen and developed as init replacements rather than the "one daemon to rule them all" providing a unified service launch system. That's where I think launchd and SMF are superior even when they are themselves flawed (SMF is cumbersome and launchd lacks Vixie cron's flexibility). Both need to stop being drop-in replacements for init, and both need to seriously subsume all service startup responsibilities. Until then they just make service startup more fragmented than what we've had for 30+ years. Bonus points for unifying their configurations and making either a drop-in replacement for the other. Apologies if that seems scatter-brained. Score one for the anti-histamines. --Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
