On Jun 12, 2015, at 16:49 45, Rob Landry <[email protected]> wrote:

> The old System V init mechanism works fine; why mess with it?

From “The Upstart Intro, Cookbook and Best Practices” guide, section 3.1.2.1.1 
[http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/upstart_cookbook.pdf]:

*** snip snip ***
In the days of colossal Unix systems with hundreds of concurrent users, where 
reboots were rare, the traditional SysV approach was perfect. If hardware 
needed replacing, a system shutdown was scheduled, the shutdown performed, the 
new hardware was installed and the system was brought back on-line.
*** snip snip ***

While I’m not sure that I’d describe any Rivendell system as ‘colossal’, the 
rest of the description fits the typical Riv system to a T.  By the Upstart 
developers own admission, the SysV setup is ‘perfect’ for that environment.  So 
indeed, why mess with it?

Cheers!


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