Re: launchd and lookupd

2005-06-11 Thread Tim Cutts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2 May 2005, at 9:14 am, martin f krafft wrote: Apple has just released launchd, a init/cron/watchdog/etc. replacement. Has anyone looked at it? It seems like a bit of work to port it to Linux, but then it's also possibly a great tool which could

Re: launchd and lookupd

2005-06-09 Thread muzzle
I really feel that Debian is all about freedom of choice. launchd is a great tool and you should be able to use it if you want to, so including it in Debian is a Good Idea, IMHO of course. You should not decide for _other_ people what will suit their needs. BTW someone could create a very interesti

Re: launchd and lookupd

2005-05-02 Thread Adam M.
martin f krafft wrote: >Apple has just released launchd, a init/cron/watchdog/etc. >replacement. Has anyone looked at it? It seems like a bit of work to > > It is not a good idea to replace multiple system utilities with one. Right now I can install a different cron or inetd or atd, or I can rem

Re: launchd and lookupd

2005-05-02 Thread Marco d'Itri
On May 02, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not in Debian. Like all of Apple's "Open Source" stuff, this is released > under APSL 2.0, which requires people who accept the license to give up all > their patent rights. There is no consensus that this is a DFSG violation, something which

Re: launchd and lookupd

2005-05-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.05.02.1031 +0200]: > Not in Debian. Like all of Apple's "Open Source" stuff, this is > released under APSL 2.0, which requires people who accept the > license to give up all their patent rights. > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/

Re: launchd and lookupd

2005-05-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:14:43AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Apple has just released launchd, a init/cron/watchdog/etc. > replacement. Has anyone looked at it? It seems like a bit of work to > port it to Linux, but then it's also possibly a great tool which > could revolutionise the sysv-rc s

launchd and lookupd

2005-05-02 Thread martin f krafft
Apple has just released launchd, a init/cron/watchdog/etc. replacement. Has anyone looked at it? It seems like a bit of work to port it to Linux, but then it's also possibly a great tool which could revolutionise the sysv-rc stuff we have in Debian without us having to write dependency-rc. http://